1. The main purpose of the American Revolution was to gain independence from Great Britain and establish self-governance.
2. The colonists objected to British taxation without representation, such as the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts, which they viewed as violations of their rights as English subjects.
3. Key events leading to the revolution include the Boston Tea Party (1773), the Intolerable Acts (1774), and the Battles of Lexington and Concord (1775).
4. The Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776, formally announced the colonies’ separation from Britain and outlined Enlightenment principles like natural rights and government by consent.
5. The Revolutionary War ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1783, in which Britain recognized American independence and ceded territory east of the Mississippi River.
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