Historians Have Regarded The American Revolution As Being of Worldwide Importance Because It
Historians have regarded the American Revolution as being of worldwide importance because it successfully established the foundation of a new government system in world politics and as you know that system was Democracy.
Although Democracy was not a new concept to the world because thousands of years before, it was implemented in Greece (Around the fifth century BCE). But the implementation was not that successful, and also it didn’t happen on such a large scale.
The American Revolution was the first time in the world, where common people came further to revolt against their rulers on a very large scale and overthrow them. After overthrowing rulers, common people established their self-administration.
The success of the American Revolution became a major inspiration to the world to overthrow the autocracies of kings and establish Democracy.
For example, just after a few years of the American Revolution’s success, people in France revolt against King Louis XVI and successfully overthrow him (Glorious French Revolution).
Some Major Changes Produced By The American Revolution In The 13 Colonies
- The American Revolution overthrow the British administration from the 13 colonies of North America and successfully established colonists’ self-administration.
- The glorious event established a new nation combining the previous 13 colonies and that new nation was the United States of America.
- In the 13 North American colonies, the event successfully established the rule of common people by overthrowing the rule of English king George III and the English Parliament.
