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The revolutionaries in each country knew of the others and to some degree were inspired by or emulated them. [4] Independence movements in the New World began with the American Revolution, 1775–1783, in which France, the Netherlands and Spain assisted the new United States of America as it secured independence from Britain.
From 1776 to 1811, after the American Revolution began, it influenced northwestern Europe and its colonial connections. 1811–1848, after the decline of Napoleon's reputation, it was referenced by Latin American, Caribbean, and European nationalists.
The decolonization of the Americas occurred over several centuries as most of the countries in the Americas gained their independence from European rule. The American Revolution was the first in the Americas, and the British defeat in the American Revolutionary War (1775–83) was a victory against a great power, aided by France and Spain, Britain's enemies.
Bothwell, Robert (2018). "Review of The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution, TaylorAlan; The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies, TaylorAlan; The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832, TaylorAlan; American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750–1804, TaylorAlan".
1861–65: The American Civil War in the United States, between the United States and the Confederate States of America, which was formed out of eleven southern states. 1863–65: A counter-rebellion occurred in the self-declared Free State of Jones in Mississippi. 1861–66: Quantrill's Raiders in Missouri. 1862: The Sioux Uprising in ...
Influenced by the new ideas of the Enlightenment, the American Revolution (1765–1783) is usually considered the starting point of the Age of Revolution. It in turn inspired the French Revolution of 1789, [citation needed] which rapidly spread to the rest of Europe through its wars.
The American Revolution (1765–1783) was an ideological and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated the ultimately successful war for independence (the American Revolutionary War) against the Kingdom of Great Britain.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]