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The '''Statesian Revolution''' was a [[bourgeois revolution]]<ref>{{News citation|author=John Peterson|newspaper=[[In Defense of Marxism]]|title=Class Struggle and the American Revolution|date=2011-12-14|url=https://www.marxist.com/class-struggle-and-the-american-revolution.htm}}</ref> by [[North America|North American]] colonists against the [[Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801)|Kingdom of Great Britain]] to establish the [[United States of America]]. It culminated in the [[Statesian Revolutionary War]] from 1775 to 1783. US founder [[John Adams]] estimated that a third of the settler population opposed the revolution, a third supported it, and another third were neutral.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=[[Howard Zinn]]|year=1980|title=A People's History of the United States|title-url=https://www.howardzinn.org/collection/peoples-history/|chapter=A Kind of Revolution|page=80–84|pdf=https://files.libcom.org/files/A%20People's%20History%20of%20the%20Unite%20-%20Howard%20Zinn.pdf|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=0060194480}}</ref> | |||
The '''Statesian Revolution''' was a [[bourgeois revolution]]<ref>{{News citation|author=John Peterson|newspaper=[[In Defense of Marxism]]|title=Class Struggle and the American Revolution|date=2011-12-14|url=https://www.marxist.com/class-struggle-and-the-american-revolution.htm}}</ref> by [[North America|North American]] colonists against the [[Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801)|Kingdom of Great Britain]] to establish the [[United States of America]]. It culminated in the Statesian Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783 | |||
== | == Revolutionary War == | ||
The rebels lost the first battles of the Revolutionary War, including Bunker Hill, Brooklyn Heights, and Harlem Heights. The war changed course when the rebels won a battle at Saratoga, [[New York]] in 1777. [[Benjamin Franklin]] negotiated an alliance with [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)|France]], which blockaded the British and prevented them from receiving supplies and reinforcements. The continental army defeated the British at Yorktown, [[Virginia]] in 1781. | |||
British commander John Murray of Dunmore offered to free slaves in Virginia who joined the British forces.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
British commander John Murray of Dunmore offered to free | |||
=== Mutinies === | === Mutinies === | ||
On January 1, 1781, troops from [[Pennsylvania]] near Morristown, [[New Jersey]], killed their captain and began marching toward the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. George Washington told General Anthony Wayne not to use force and negotiated a peace in which half of the mutineers were discharged and the other half were given paid leave. Soon after, another mutiny of 200 men began in the New Jersey Line. This mutiny was quickly defeated and two of its leaders were executed.<ref name=":0" /> | On January 1, 1781, troops from [[Pennsylvania]] near Morristown, [[New Jersey]], killed their captain and began marching toward the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. [[George Washington]] told General Anthony Wayne not to use force and negotiated a peace in which half of the mutineers were discharged and the other half were given paid leave. Soon after, another mutiny of 200 men began in the New Jersey Line. This mutiny was quickly defeated and two of its leaders were executed.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== Results == | == Results == | ||
Each of the U.S. states created new constitutions between 1776 and 1780. Some states reduced property requirements for voting and holding office, but [[Massachusetts]] increased them. After the British were defeated, | Each of the U.S. states created new constitutions between 1776 and 1780. Some states reduced property requirements for voting and holding office, but [[Massachusetts]] increased them. After the British were defeated, the colonial elite replaced the wealthy British loyalists.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== References == | == References == |