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The 142 pages that link to American Revolution, each with the reason it gives.

• NationalismRelated: It connected resistance to imperial rule with claims of self-government.

• LiberalismRelated: Its declarations and constitution translated liberal claims into founding political documents.

• NeoclassicismRelated: Classical republican ideals helped shape the new nation’s public architecture and civic imagery.

• John LockeRelated: Lockean language about rights and resistance informed arguments used by some revolutionaries.

• Self-determinationRelated: Its claim to independence made popular consent a model for later national movements.

• Haitian RevolutionCompared with: Unlike the American revolt, Haiti’s revolution destroyed slavery and colonial rule together.

• Thomas JeffersonNarrower topic: Jefferson’s public career emerged from the Revolution’s break with British rule.

• Seven Years' WarRelated: Postwar taxation and imperial policy helped intensify colonial resistance.

• George WashingtonNarrower topic: Washington’s military leadership emerged from the colonies’ struggle for independence.

• DemocracyRelated: Its constitutional experiment joined elected government to arguments about popular consent.

• Glorious RevolutionCompared with: Later revolutionaries invoked English constitutional precedents while rejecting monarchy altogether.

• Slavery in the United StatesRelated: Revolutionary claims of liberty coexisted with slavery and sharpened disputes over its future.

• United StatesRelated: The revolution created the independent country and its founding political claims.

• Princeton UniversityRelated: The Battle of Princeton brought fighting to the college grounds in 1777.

• DeismRelated: Deist ideas circulated among some figures in the era’s debates about authority and liberty.

• Popular sovereigntyRelated: Revolutionary declarations and constitutions presented political authority as resting on the people.

• TaxationRelated: Resistance to taxation without colonial representation became a central grievance.

• American exceptionalismRelated: Revolutionary claims about liberty and popular sovereignty supplied a founding account of national distinctiveness.

• MercantilismRelated: Colonial resistance targeted imperial trade controls and taxation associated with mercantilist rule.

• French and Indian WarNarrower topic: Postwar taxation and imperial reforms formed part of the tensions preceding independence.

• PhiladelphiaNarrower topic: Philadelphia became a central meeting place for revolutionary leaders and institutions.

• Representative democracyRelated: Revolutionary demands for consent helped turn elected government into a constitutional project.

• George IIIRelated: The rebellion and its defeat of British policy became the defining crisis of his early reign.

• BostonNarrower topic: Boston’s protests and siege were central episodes in the wider revolution.

• Scottish EnlightenmentRelated: Scottish theories of rights, commerce, and government circulated among writers in the revolutionary Atlantic world.

• Articles of ConfederationNarrower topic: Wartime needs drove the creation of a shared government before independence was secured.

• New EnglandRelated: New England protests and battles helped turn imperial disputes into armed rebellion.

• PatriotismBroader topic: The revolution made resistance to imperial rule a powerful model of patriotic action.

• United States Declaration of IndependenceNarrower topic: The declaration was a turning point in this wider struggle for independence.

• John Quincy AdamsNarrower topic: Adams grew up during the Revolution and witnessed its diplomacy and politics through his father’s service.

• RepublicRelated: Its leaders established a republic and argued that legitimate government required consent.

• Boston Tea PartyNarrower topic: The protest and Britain’s response intensified the conflict that led to revolution.

• African-American historyRelated: Revolutionary claims of liberty coexisted with slavery and debates over Black freedom.

• English colonization of the AmericasRelated: The mainland colonies’ break from Britain ended English and later British rule there.

• Navigation ActsNarrower topic: Trade restrictions formed part of the wider imperial disputes preceding independence.

• British colonization of the AmericasRelated: Imperial disputes over taxation, representation, and sovereignty ended British rule over much of mainland North America.

• The American DreamNarrower topic: The new republic framed political independence as a promise of broader liberty.

• Political equalityRelated: Its language of popular sovereignty coexisted with severe exclusions from political membership.

• American poetryRelated: Revolutionary ideals gave early national poets subjects, audiences, and arguments about citizenship.

• Enlightened absolutismCompared with: It offered a competing model of government based on representation rather than royal reform.

• Marquis de LafayetteNarrower topic: The American struggle drew Lafayette across the Atlantic and made him a transnational public figure.

• PrivateerBroader topic: The Continental Congress authorized privateers to disrupt British trade and supplement its small navy.

• Common school movementNarrower topic: The movement drew on the republican belief that a self-governing nation needed an educated citizenry.

• Noah WebsterRelated: Webster connected a distinct national language with the republic created by the Revolution.

• RebellionBroader topic: Colonial resistance to British rule illustrates how rebellion can seek independence and create a new state.

• Whig PartyCompared with: Whig language about liberty and resistance was also claimed by opponents of British rule.

• Fifth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionRelated: Colonial resistance to arbitrary searches, prosecutions, and property seizures shaped later constitutional safeguards.

• Kingdom of Great BritainRelated: The loss of the colonies weakened Britain's first empire during the kingdom's final decades.

• Progressive historiographyRelated: Progressive accounts recast the Revolution as a conflict shaped partly by class and property interests.

• Royal Proclamation of 1763Narrower topic: Colonial opposition to restrictions on western settlement contributed to wider tensions with Britain.