Results/consequences of the American Revolution

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Results and Consequences of the American Revolution The American War of Independence proved to be an important event for Americans , who dreamed about it and fought for it . Their thinking and way of life were surrounded by the intense desire for independence . The society and the government in those days were also highly focused on attaining independence . The number of adult white men in the population of the British colonies was approximately four hundred thousand in the

br year 1775 . Of these nearly one hundred and seventy - five thousand fought for achieving independence . There were one hundred and twenty thousand patriot soldiers and fifty - five thousand Loyalists . During the days of the War , hundreds of thousands of houses were looted Several of these were razed to the ground and the majority of the people were detained in the prisons . Many of the detained women were molested by the Patriot militia and the British troops . Tens of thousands of men fled from the major cities , which were occupied by the British troops (American Revolution

The United States of America and the United Kingdom and its colonies fought with each other from 1812 to 1815 . This war was known as the War of 1812 . The colonies that participated in the war were Upper Canada Ontario , Quebec or Lower Canada , Nova Scotia , Bermuda and Newfoundland In the year 1814 , a peace pact was signed by the warring nations Nevertheless , the war continued up to 1815 . As a result of this war , one thousand six hundred British and two thousand two hundred and sixty American soldiers lost their life . The cause of this engagement was the war between Great Britain and France , which ended in 1793 (War of 1812 .The battle zones were concentrated around New York City and they also existed in New Jersey and Georgia . The demand of the people was for the creation of a new government and political , rather than merely modifying the existing economic system . The fishing industry in New England was destroyed by British warships , and the British navy seized many American ships . The Atlantic trade was completely destroyed during the War of Independence and most of the South states , which exported tobacco and rice , were severely affected by this British depredation Similarly , in the North , the states that had grain markets suffered , as all the port cities were closed down . The major port cities such as Boston , New York , Philadelphia , Charleston and Newport were controlled by the British troops and there was a great depletion of population in those cities (American Revolution

There were several contributing factors for the American Revolution These causes included long - term social , political and economic changes . These were the main causes that prevailed in the colonies before the year 1750 . They stressed the importance of an independent nation that had representative political agencies . In addition to this the French and Indian War which was fought between 1754 and 1763...