American Revolution

The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies that became the United States of America gained independence from the British Empire.

In this period, the Colonies united against the British Empire and entered a period of armed conflict known as the Revolutionary War or as the American War of Independence, between 1775 and 1783. This culminated in an American Declaration of Independence in 1776, and victory on the battlefield circa 1781.

''Note:This article to applies to most of Harry Turtledove's timelines where the point of departure came after 1776. It is only germaine to the following works.''

American Revolution in The Disunited States of America
Despite the military success of the American Revolution, the United States failed as a country early in the 19th century. Nonetheless, the American Revolution inspired other colonies in the New World to break from their European rulers, and the political and military leaders of teh Revolution were well regarded in North America into the 21st century.

American Revolution in ''The Guns of the South
The victorious Confederacy sought to bring added weight to their success by channeling the American Revolution. Thus, the Civil War came to be called the Second American Revolution.

American Revolution in Southern Victory
Both the United States and the Confederate States claimed to be the legitimate heirs of the American Revolution, although the dictates of geography and politics led each country to pick and chose which Founding Fathers they felt best represented the American ideal.