American Revolution
[size=3][color=#29384e][font=Times New Roman]The American Revolution was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and social framework[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] such as later occurred in France and Russia[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] when both were already independent nations. Significant changes were ushered in[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] but they were not breathtaking. What happened was accelerated evolution rather than outright revolution. During the conflict itself people went on working and praying[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] marrying and playing. Most of them were not seriously disturbed by the actual fighting[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] and many of the more isolated communities scarcely knew that a war was on.[/font][/color][/size][size=3][color=#29384e][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/color][/size]
[size=3][color=#29384e][font=宋体] [/font][font=Times New Roman]America[/font][font=宋体]‘’[/font][font=Times New Roman]s War of Independence heralded the birth of three modern nations. One was Canada[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] which received its first large influx of English-speaking population from the thousands of loyalists who fled there from the United States. Another was Australia[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] which became a penal colony now that America was no longer available for prisoners and debtors. The third newcomer-the United States-based itself squarely on republican principles.[/font][/color][/size]
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[color=#29384e][font=宋体][size=10.5pt] [/size][/font][size=10.5pt]Yet even the political overturn was not so revolutionary as one might suppose. In some states[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] notably Connecticut and Rhode Island[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] the war largely ratified a colonial self-rule already existing. British officials[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] everywhere ousted[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] were replaced by a home-grown governing class[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] which promptly sought a local substitute for king and Parliament[/size][/color]
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