A revolution is when the way a government and a country runs is changed by cause of a revolt. When people of the 13 colonies started to insist a say in what goes on, the British just kept passing laws and creating policies that put the people of the 13 colonies at a disadvantage. The colonists felt they were being repressed and got even more angered. The anger of these people got so high that starting on April 19th 1775 they started a full out revolution against the British. They won the fight, and after the revolution ended, the way the commonwealth was managed changed forever. People could now get rid of all the acts passed by the British, they were represented in their own government and they were able to elect who they wanted to run the country. In short, because the way government ran changed after the rebellion, the American revolution was a revolution.
Before the revolution, people were not capable of doing anything with their lives. Acts such as the tea act, quartering act, sugar act and stamp act were put into place. The People of the colonies were constrained at a real disadvantage and they couldn’t even have a say in whether these acts were approved or not. After they beat the British, everything changed. they
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It states that “No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen”. While this quotes the restrictions put on someone who wants to become a representative, it still shows that, you can be represented in government, and know that all bills that are passed will be chosen by someone who best represents your views. This did not happen under the British thus showing that the way the U.S. is run has changed. While this revolution was not as big as other revolutions like the French one, it still was a