EFFECTS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION

PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY
NAME : SAHIL VERMA
ROLL NO. : 2148
SEMESTER: THIRD
YEAR : 2019-2024
COURSE : B.A.LLB (HONS)
PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO
Dr. PRIYADARSHNI
FACULTY OF WORLD HISTORY

ROUGH DRAFT SUBMITTED IN THE PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE TITLED

COURSE

WORLD HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 2020

CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

NYAYA NAGAR, MITTHAPUR, PATNA-800001

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 INTRODUCTION

The American Revolution (1763-83) was a rebellion by the colonies to win independence
from Great Britain that led to the creation of the United States of America.

The American Revolution was fought on several critical battlefronts across North Carolina
and near its borders, altering the lives of all North Carolinians and creating social and
political upheaval within practically every community. The progression to full-scale war in
North Carolina, as in other American colonies, was a slow process marked by years of
emerging unrest among its citizens. Crises such as the violent resistance to the 1765 stamp act
-as well as the adoption of anti-British documents, or "resolves," by some local political
leaders who believed England's economic policies toward the colonies to be unfair and overly
punitive-created a spirit of revolution well before any significant battles took place within the
province. By the time war erupted after the bloodshed in Lexington and Concord, Mass., on
19 Apr. 1775, which left the British with 273 dead, wounded, or missing compared to 100
American casualties, many North Carolinians had already been anticipating the fight to gain
their independence.

A month before the "shot heard 'round the world," North Carolina's royal governor Josiah
Martin had asked for weapons from Gen. Thomas Gage in Massachusetts, but his letter was
intercepted by the Whigs, or Patriots, as the radicals were now called. On 31 May 1775
the Mecklenburg County Committee of Safety issued the Mecklenburg Resolves, which
asserted that all laws and commissions issued by the British Crown were null and void and
that the people should establish their own government and military forces. That same day,
Martin sent his children and pregnant wife to New York for protection. During the night of
31 May 1775, Martin left New Bern for the safety of Fort Johnston. The fort was not safe
enough, however, and the Patriots began making moves to capture Martin, who barely
escaped to a British warship. Three days later, on 18 July 1775, John Ashe and Cornelius
Harnett led 500 militia in burning down Fort Johnston. The destruction of the British fort was
the first act of war in the North Carolina colony.

Two Continental Army regiments were authorized with Cols. James Moore and Robert
Howe as commanders. North Carolina was divided into six military districts with a regiment
of 100 minutemen each, and the local militia was reorganized with officers commissioned in
each county. The colony's new armed forces were quickly put to work. North Carolina troops

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were dispatched to join with other Patriot troops in Virginia to help prevent that colony's
royal governor, Lord Dunmore, from carrying out his plan to arm the slaves against their
Patriot masters. The Americans were successful, and Dunmore was defeated at the Battle of
Great Bridge on 9 Dec. 1775. On 22 December 700 North Carolina troops moved into South
Carolina, joining with soldiers from that colony in defeating a group of Loyalists known as
the "Scovellites" in what became known as the Snow campaign.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE

1. The researcher tends to throw some light on global impact of American revolution.
2. The researcher tends to throw some light on some of its causes and advantages.

RESEARCH METODOLOGY

The researcher will be relying upon only doctrinal method of research to complete their
project.

SOURCES OF DATA

The researcher will be relying upon secondary sources only to complete their project.
Books referred:
 Reddy, Krishna, “WORLD HISTORY” , 1st Edition, Mc Graw Hill Education, 2017.
 Gombrich, Ernst H. A Little History of the World. Yale. UK and USA, 2005.
 Nehru, Jawaharlal. “Glimpses of World History”, 7th Edition, New York City: John
Day Company, 1942.
 Overy , Richard, “The Times Complete History of the World” 9th Edition,
Times Books Limited, 2015.
 Barraclough, Geoffrey, “The Times Atlas of World History”, Times Books Limited,
2006.

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 TENTATIVE CHAPTERIZATION

1. INTRODUCTION
2. CAUSES OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION
3. GLOBAL IMPACT OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION
4. ADVANTAGES
 DOMESTIC BENEFITS
 SEPERATION OF CHURCH & STATE
 REPUBLICAN GOVERMENTS
 EXTINGUISHING THE REMNANTS OF FEDUALISM &
ARISTOCRACY
 GLOBAL REPERCUSSION
5. ADVANTAGES OR DISADVANTAGES OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN
DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTION
6. CONSEQUENCES OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION
7. CONCLUSION
8. BIBLIOGRAPHY

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