A Question For You Scholars

[PAPA G]

why do so many people call it the Revolution???

wouldn't the War For Idependence be more appropriate???

[ScottD]

It seems that during during that time period in history that term seemed quite common when fighting the insurgents.

[Doglips]

Revalution sounds better on T-shirts ...and I cant spell indapendance ....I think its more a matter of samantics....some people feel that since we are changeing/going to change things in a dramatic way its a revalution.

[Snakebite]

Papa G,
The term "revolution" came about from the British. They were "revolting" from the British rule.
Now go stand in the corner

[PAPA G]

Originally Posted by Snakebite

Papa G,
The term "revolution" came about from the British. They were "revolting" from the British rule.
Now go stand in the corner

spanked again!!!

[Oxford]

Found the following information on the web...and thought it appropriate to the subject of the thread brought up by Papa G.
Ox
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The American War for Independence established a nation based on a
Revolutionary idea: self-rule and the inalienable rights of all its citizens.
It was a war for the people, establishing the rights of rich and poor,
high born and low. It was a war of the people, fought by old and young,
black and white, men and women. From Lexington and Concord to
Yorktown, from Valley Forge to the swamps of the Carolinas, it
demanded that America's citizens sacrifice and see themselves as
citizens of a country, not a colony.

After the Treaty of Paris ended the war and permanently threw off
the shackles of colonialism, the new nation wrote a constitution that
would embody its lofty ideals. The United States struggled to distribute
powers between its three branches of government, to write just laws,
to collect taxes, to defend itself, and to balance a strong centralized
government with individual liberty and the rights of states. Immigrants
continued to stream in, and the nation expanded; with the stroke of
a pen, Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase and doubled
the size of the nation, ensuring "an empire for liberty."

Although America based its government on the belief that all men are
created equal, another eighty years would pass before this promise of
freedom extended to all America's citizens of African descent, and another
one hundred and fifty years before women would gain the right to vote.
The nation was a work in progress as Americans pursued the goal of
freedom and justice for all.

[ScottD]

That'll work OX.

[BattleRifleG3]

In addition to all of the above, the colonies were officially British subjects. In reality they were very very different, and the American Revolution proved that. Still, I agree that War for Independence is very appropriate. Also, keep in mind that many Americans did not want the independent nation that others did, and took up arms against the revolutionaries. And I mean MANY. I'm talking regiments full who had their own uniforms. Loyalist line troops, loyalist dragoons, loyalist militia... They basically had an army of their own. The American Revolution was a Civil War as much as anything. Many loyalists went to Canada after the war. One reason we couldn't take it in the War of 1812.