Accession Number:

ADA604370

Title:

American War for Independence, 1775-1783: Revolution or Civil War?

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA

Personal Author(s):

• Keith, James D.

Report Date:

2010-08-04

Pagination or Media Count:

29.0

Abstract:

The vision of the Spirit of 1776 evokes a pride in our nation, and reinforces Americas independent nature. What if this view of the war is incorrect What if a large number of colonists were against the war, or were, at best, indifferent What if the tyrant king of England was not really a tyrant Does this change our identity as a nation Does it change the reasons for which we fought the war for independence This paper will argue that it does. This war was not a revolution, but a civil war fought between British subjects overland, and the desire to explore and settle the land as the colonists saw fit. There was, quite possibly, nothing revolutionary in the causes or nature of the war.

Descriptors:

• *CIVIL DISTURBANCES
• *GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN)
• *UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
• *WARFARE
• INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
• LAND AREAS
• MILITARY HISTORY
• TAXES
• UNITED KINGDOM

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science
• Humanities and History
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE