How Revolutionary was the American Revolution?

Historians have debated whether the American Revolution was a revolution at all. There is a long historiography covering this, but we can potentially rephrase the question altogether and see how revolutionary 1776 actually was.

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references:

Armitage, David. “The Declaration of Independence and International Law.” The William and Mary Quarterly 59, No. 1 (Jan., 2002), 39-64.

Greene, Jack P. and J.R. Pole. “Introduction.” A Companion to the American Revolution, eds. Jack P. Greene and J.R. Pole. New YorkBlackwell Publishers, 2000. xiiixvi.

Hattem, Michael D. “The Historiography of the American Revolution.” Journal of the American Revolution (27 August 2013), accessed 8 March 2019

Kramnick, Isaac. “Ideological Background.” A Companion to the American Revolution, eds. Jack P. Greene and J.R. Pole. New YorkBlackwell Publishers, 2000. 8894.

Morgan, Gwenda. The Debate on the American Revolution. Manchester, N.YorkManchester University Press, 2007.

Schocket, Andrew M. Fighting over the FoundersHow We Remember the American Revolution. New YorkNew York University Press, 2015.

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Wiki: Historiography is, essentially, the history of history, or, more aptly, the history of history writing. How have historians in different times and places interpreted the causes and character of the Revolution differently? Historiography is the lifeblood of academic historians; however, the general reader often has little familiarity with it. Perhaps no other topic in American history has been subject to so many differing interpretations as the American Revolution. What follows is a summary of the different ways in which historians have interpreted the causes and character of the Revolution. It encompasses a debate that is as old as the Republic itself.

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