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Revolution was not "<strong>revolution</strong>ary" at all, that it did not<br />

radically trans<strong>for</strong>m colonial society, but simply replaced a<br />

distant government with a local one. The more recent view<br />

pioneered by historians such as Bernard Bailyn, Gor<strong>do</strong>n Wood<br />

and Edmund Morgan is that <strong>the</strong> American Revolution was a<br />

unique and radical event, based on a new ideology of<br />

"republicanism" which produced deep changes that had a<br />

profound impact on world history<br />

The American Revolution was <strong>the</strong> first wave of <strong>the</strong> Atlantic<br />

Revolutions that would also take hold in <strong>the</strong> French<br />

Revolution, <strong>the</strong> Haitian Revolution, and <strong>the</strong> Latin American<br />

wars of liberation. Aftershocks would also be felt in Ireland in<br />

<strong>the</strong> 1798 rising, in <strong>the</strong> Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and<br />

in <strong>the</strong> Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands.<br />

The Revolution had a strong immediate impact in Great<br />

Britain, Ireland, <strong>the</strong> Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands, and France. Many British<br />

and Irish Whigs had been openly indulgent to <strong>the</strong> Patriots in<br />

America, and <strong>the</strong> Revolution was <strong>the</strong> first lesson in politics <strong>for</strong><br />

many European radicals who would later take on active roles<br />

during <strong>the</strong> era of <strong>the</strong> French Revolution. Jefferson's<br />

Declaration had an immediate impact on <strong>the</strong> French<br />

Declaration of <strong>the</strong> Rights of Man and <strong>the</strong> Citizen of 1789.<br />

The American Revolution affected <strong>the</strong> rest of <strong>the</strong> world. The<br />

thinkers of <strong>the</strong> Enlightenment only wrote that common people<br />

had <strong>the</strong> right to overthrow unjust governments. The American<br />

Revolution was a case of practical success, which provided <strong>the</strong><br />

rest of <strong>the</strong> world with a 'working model'.<br />

The American Revolution set an example to <strong>the</strong> people in<br />

Europe and o<strong>the</strong>r parts of <strong>the</strong> world. It encouraged <strong>the</strong> people<br />

to realize <strong>the</strong>y had rights independent of <strong>the</strong> sovereign; it<br />

promoted republicanism to overthrow monarchs. It incited<br />

people to fight <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir rights, and it showed <strong>the</strong>m that it was<br />

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