American Revolutionary era

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historical era period of United States history

The American Revolutionary era was the late-18th-century period in which the thirteen American colonies broke from British rule, fought the Revolutionary War, and laid the political and ideological foundations for the United States.

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Surface form	Occurrences
American Revolution	79
American Revolutionary period	15
American Revolutionary War (political leadership)	3
Founding Era of the United States	3
American Founding Era	2
American Revolution era	2
Founding of the United States	2
the American Revolution	2
American Revolution (prelude)	1
American Revolutionary War era	1
American Revolutionary era politics	1
American Revolutionary movement	1
American revolutionary movement	1
Founding era of the United States	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical era ⓘ period of United States history ⓘ
countryInvolved	Dutch Republic ⓘ France ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Spain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	Atlantic world ⓘ surface form: Atlantic history intellectual history ⓘ military history ⓘ political history ⓘ
followedBy	Early national period of the United States ⓘ
follows	Colonial America ⓘ
hasCause	British imperial taxation policies ⓘ Seven Years' War debt ⓘ growing American political identity ⓘ lack of colonial representation in Parliament ⓘ
hasEffect	creation of republican institutions in the United States ⓘ decline of British authority in North America ⓘ Union of the American states ⓘ surface form: independence of the United States inspiration for other Atlantic revolutions ⓘ
hasEndTime	1789 ⓘ
hasIdeology	classical liberalism ⓘ natural rights philosophy ⓘ popular sovereignty ⓘ republicanism ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Alexander Hamilton ⓘ Benjamin Franklin ⓘ George Washington ⓘ James Madison ⓘ John Adams ⓘ George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: King George III Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
hasPart	United States Founding Fathers ⓘ surface form: American Founding American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American Revolution American Revolutionary War ⓘ American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American War of Independence American independence movement ⓘ Confederation period ⓘ ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
hasStartTime	1763 ⓘ
influenced	French Revolution ⓘ Haitian Revolution ⓘ Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Latin American wars of independence
influencedBy	British constitutional tradition ⓘ Age of Enlightenment ⓘ surface form: Enlightenment
location	Atlantic world ⓘ British America ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
mainConflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
significantEvent	Articles of Confederation ⓘ Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ Boston Massacre ⓘ Boston Tea Party ⓘ American Declaration of Independence ⓘ surface form: Declaration of Independence First Continental Congress ⓘ Intolerable Acts ⓘ Philadelphia Convention ⓘ Second Continental Congress ⓘ Shays' Rebellion ⓘ Stamp Act 1765 ⓘ surface form: Stamp Act crisis Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Paris 1783 ratification of the Bill of Rights ⓘ

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Rhode Island Sons of Liberty → movement → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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John Rutledge → participatedIn → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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Walter Livingston → participatedIn → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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New England Colonies → playedRoleIn → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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John Adams (miniseries) → setInPeriod → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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musical "Hamilton" by Lin-Manuel Miranda → settingTimePeriod → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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Journal, 1774–1775 → subject → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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"Paul Revere's Ride" → subject → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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Rip Van Winkle → theme → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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Anti-Federalist Papers → timePeriod → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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Continental Association → timePeriod → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton → timePeriod → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

Lucy Flucker Knox → timePeriod → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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Thomas Person → timePeriod → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

The Epic of America → timePeriodDescribed → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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Colonial Williamsburg restoration → timePeriodInterpreted → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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Old City, Philadelphia → timePeriodOfSignificance → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

James Truslow Adams → wroteAbout → American Revolutionary era ⓘ

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