Origins of the American Revolution

Philosophy	American Enlightenment John Locke Colonial history Liberalism Republicanism Freedom of religion Rights of Englishmen Common Sense Spirit of '76 "All men are created equal" "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" "Consent of the governed"
Royalists	Pitt–Newcastle ministry Bute ministry Grenville ministry First Rockingham ministry Chatham ministry Grafton ministry North ministry Second Rockingham ministry Shelburne ministry Fox–North coalition Loyalists Black Loyalist
Related British Acts of Parliament	Navigation Iron Molasses Royal Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Currency Quartering Stamp Declaratory Townshend Tea Quebec Intolerable Conciliatory Resolution Restraining Proclamation of Rebellion Prohibitory
Colonials	Stamp Act Congress Declaration of Rights and Grievances Virginia Association Sons of Liberty Patriots Black Patriots Committees of correspondence Committees of safety Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania Massachusetts Circular Letter First Continental Congress Continental Association Minutemen Provincial Congress Second Continental Congress Olive Branch Petition Committee of Secret Correspondence Lee Resolution Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation Confederation Congress
Events	French and Indian War Treaty of Paris (1763) Boston Massacre Crisis of 1772 Gaspee Affair Hutchinson Letters Affair Boston Tea Party Powder Alarm

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Colonies

Combatants

Thirteen Colonies	Continental Congress Army Navy Marines
Kingdom of Great Britain	Parliament British Army Royal Navy German auxiliaries
Colonial allies	France army navy Hortalez et Cie

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Involvement (by
colony or location)

Rebel colonies	Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia
Loyal colonies	East Florida Nova Scotia Quebec West Florida

Leaders

British

Military	Arbuthnot Brant Burgoyne Campbell Carleton Clinton Cornwallis Fraser Gage Graves Richard Howe William Howe Knyphausen Rodney
Civilian	King George III Amherst Barrington Germain North Rockingham Sandwich Shelburne

Colonial

Military	Washington Alexander Allen Arnold Barry Claghorn Clark Duportail Gates Greene Hamilton Hopkins Jones de Kalb Knox Lafayette Charles Lee Lincoln Mercer Montgomery Nicholson Putnam Rodney St. Clair Schuyler von Steuben Sullivan Ward Wayne
Civilian	John Adams Samuel Adams Carroll Dickinson Franklin Hancock Hanson Henry Huntington Jay Jefferson Laurens Richard Henry Lee McKean Morris Revere Rush Witherspoon

Colonial allies

French	Louis XVI Beaumarchais d'Estaing de Grasse de Guichen Luzerne de Rochambeau Suffren Vergennes

Aftermath
Society of the Cincinnati Treaty of Paris (1783) Ratification Day (1784) Constitutional Convention The Federalist Papers Constitution Bill of Rights Shays' Rebellion Jay Treaty

Related topics

Military	Prisoners The Turtle
Political	Founding Fathers Diplomacy Liberty Tree Yankee Doodle
Other topics	Timeline of the American Revolution African Americans in the Revolutionary War Women in the American Revolution Financial costs of the war Libertas Americana

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