Who won the American Revolution? : Crash Course in US History #7

In which John Green tells you about the American Revolution. And the revolutionary war. I know we worked on that here, but it wasn't the same. Either way, John will teach you about the main battles of the war and discuss the strategies of both sides. Everyone knows how this war went for the Founding Fathers; they must become the founding fathers. But what did the revolution mean to the American people? For the white male owners, it was pretty cool. They acquired rights that represented a marked improvement over the status of British colonial citizens. For everyone else, the short-term gains were not obvious. Women's rights were not affected and slaves remained in bondage. As for poor whites, they remained poor and disenfranchised. The reality is that it took a long time for this whole democracy thing to happen, and the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were not immediately accessible to all of these new Americans.

Hello Teachers and Students – Check out CommonLit's free collection of reading passages and teaching resources to learn more about the events in this episode. The Declaration of Independence not only launched the American War of Independence, but also laid the foundation for some fundamental principles of the new country: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/the-declaration-of-independence
Many ideas in the Declaration of Independence come from political theorist John Locke's Political Society: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/politique-society

Learn more about the American Revolution in these other Crash Course videos:
Tea, Taxes, and the American Revolution: Crash Course in World History #28: https://www.youtube.com/watch?vHlUiSBXQHCw
The American Revolution: Crash Course in Black American History #8: https://youtu.be/y75yPx9WKHY

Chapters:
Introduction: The American Revolution 00:00
Battles of the American Revolutionary War 1:15
The Settlers and the American War of Independence 2:50
Slaves and the American War of Independence 3:41
Native Americans and the American War for Independence 4:32
Women and the American War for Independence 5:36
“Revolutionary” ideas: voting rights 6:17
“Revolutionary” ideas: Religious freedom 6:47
How the American Revolution affected the economy 7:16
Mystery Document 7:44
Slavery and hypocrisy in the American colonies 8:54
American ideals of equality 11:13
Credits 12:12

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