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

• Thomas PaineNarrower topic: Paine’s pamphlets helped turn colonial resistance toward independence.

• Age of EnlightenmentBroader topic: Revolutionary leaders drew on Enlightenment claims about natural rights and legitimate government.

• British North AmericaRelated: Its outcome brought Loyalist migrants north and separated British colonies from the new United States.

• Irish Rebellion of 1798Related: Its example of independence from British rule informed Irish reformers and revolutionaries.

• John JayNarrower topic: The Revolution transformed Jay from a colonial lawyer into a national diplomat and statesman.

• Virginia Declaration of RightsNarrower topic: Virginia adopted the declaration amid the Revolution’s break with British rule.

• Civic RepublicanismRelated: Classical republican language shaped revolutionary arguments about virtue, independence, and self-government.

• DelawareRelated: Delaware joined the revolutionary cause and became an independent state.

• Flag of the United StatesNarrower topic: The flag’s first official adoption came during the Revolution.

• Georgian eraBroader topic: The loss of the colonies exposed the limits of British imperial rule.

• Jacques Pierre BrissotRelated: Brissot admired the American republican experiment and drew on its example.

• Quebec ActRelated: Opposition to the act helped widen colonial distrust of British imperial policy.

• Transportation (penal)Related: Independence ended Britain's ability to send convicts to its former mainland colonies.

• Anti-AmericanismRelated: The new republic's ideals and expansion produced competing admiration and suspicion abroad.

• Battle of the Plains of AbrahamRelated: Britain’s costly victory in the Seven Years’ War contributed to postwar tensions with its American colonies.

• Continental CongressNarrower topic: The Continental Congress was one of the central institutions through which this revolution unfolded.

• Iroquois ConfederacyRelated: The Confederacy's nations divided over which side to support, with lasting consequences.

• ProtestBroader topic: Colonial boycotts, petitions, and demonstrations show protest developing into a revolutionary movement.

• Tadeusz KościuszkoNarrower topic: Kościuszko's service linked his Polish republicanism with the American struggle for independence.

• Atlantic revolutionsRelated: Its independence helped establish a republican model that circulated across the Atlantic.

• Eastern United StatesRelated: Its central campaigns and institutions arose largely in the eastern colonies.

• History of the United StatesBroader topic: The independence struggle created the republic whose later history this field examines.

• Madeira wineRelated: Madeira was a prominent imported wine in colonial America and appears in accounts of the era.

• Parliament of Great BritainRelated: The parliament’s taxation and imperial policies became central causes of the colonial revolt.

• Proprietary colonyRelated: Independence ended the Crown’s grants of proprietary authority in the former British colonies.

• American LoyalistsNarrower topic: The Revolution created the conflict that divided colonists into Patriot and Loyalist camps.

• American RomanticismRelated: Its aftermath intensified questions about national character that Romantic writers addressed through history and myth.

• First Continental CongressNarrower topic: The Congress’s resistance program preceded the armed conflict and independence movement.

• Great AwakeningRelated: Claims about the Awakening's influence on revolutionary politics remain debated, but both reshaped colonial public life.

• New York StateRelated: New York was a major military theater and emerged from the war as a state.

• Political pamphletRelated: Pamphlets helped explain resistance to British rule and persuade colonists to support independence.

• Rhode IslandRelated: Rhode Island declared independence from Britain on May 4, 1776, before the other colonies.

• Royal colonyRelated: Disputes with royal officials and Parliament formed part of the conflict's background.

• Abigail AdamsNarrower topic: It transformed Adams’s family life and supplied the political crisis she interpreted in her letters.

• Francisco de MirandaRelated: Miranda encountered its leaders and treated its independence as a model for Spanish America.

• Methodist Episcopal ChurchRelated: Independence made a separate American Methodist church and locally ordained clergy necessary.

• National liberationRelated: It made independence from an imperial power a durable model of political legitimacy.

• Pasquale PaoliRelated: Paoli’s republic was discussed in Britain and America as a contemporary experiment in self-government.

• Stamp ActNarrower topic: The Stamp Act crisis helped develop political resistance that preceded the war.

• VirginiaRelated: Virginia was a major center of revolutionary leadership and fighting.

• William ThorntonRelated: Thornton immigrated to the United States during the period of independence and nation-building.

• First Great AwakeningRelated: Claims about shared experience and resistance to authority later shaped interpretations linking revival to revolution.

• James Fenimore CooperRelated: Cooper’s early novels repeatedly use the Revolution as a setting for divided loyalties.

• Liberty BellNarrower topic: The bell’s later national symbolism grew from its association with the Revolution and independence.

• Province of Massachusetts BayNarrower topic: The province became a major center of resistance and early revolutionary fighting.

• Province of New HampshireNarrower topic: Revolutionary resistance ended British provincial rule in New Hampshire.

• Rebellions of 1837–1838Compared with: Unlike the Canadian rebellions, it succeeded in creating an independent republic.

• Two Treatises of GovernmentRelated: Lockean principles informed arguments used to justify resistance to British rule.

• Barbary WarsRelated: Independence ended the protection American ships had received under British power, exposing them to new negotiations and risks.

• George GrenvilleNarrower topic: Colonial resistance to Grenville’s policies formed an early episode in the conflict that later became revolutionary.