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The Revolution Was A Huge Period Of Change From 1775-1783

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The American Revolution was a huge period of change from 1775-1783. The revolution was extremely revolutionary in some cases. At other times, the reevolution didn 't change anything. America would not be the America it is today if the revolution didn’t change the style of government. America would be a country ran by a king if it weren 't for revolutionary change of government. On the other hand, the revolution did absolutely nothing for slaves and blacks. The laws that were set in the 1780’s against slavery were way too lenient and that allowed no change to occur. It is evident that the revolution was revolutionary and it wasn 't at the same time.
The ideas about government, are one of the major changes that took place during the revolution. Although many people do not see how revolutionary the ideas of government actually were, ending a monarchy government is extremely revolutionary. A picture printed by Andre Bassett, shows multiple men taking down an English statute . This shows how the colonists viewed the old government. For example, the statue represents all of the power that Great Britain has over the colonies, and the colonists are trying to bring it to an end so they are taking down the statue (Document A). The tearing down of the statue helps show that the colonists no longer wanted to tolerate the government under Great Britain. A follow up example is an except from The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. “...[T]hat to secure these

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