American Revolution

The American Revolution was the late-18th-century colonial uprising by the Thirteen Colonies against British imperial rule. According to these claims, it was won through guerrilla tactics rather than open-field battles, and is characterized as a dispute over the course of empire rather than a wholesale rejection of empire itself.

Claims that use this term

• The American Revolution succeeded through guerrilla tactics, not open-field battle
• The American Revolution was a dispute over empire’s course, not a rejection of empire.