The Revolutionary period that saw America develop from 13 colonies to a unified nation was a continuity rather than a discrete event.
Before the Revolutionary War, Americans had united to demand a better relationship with Britain, which Britain rebuffed.
For example, agreeing that there should be "no taxation without representation" and sending several petitions to the British Monarch signal the colonists' intention to forge a united front.
Americans believed that people were free to decide how they should be organized and that every person should enjoy liberty.
The different colonies had nationalists who believed Britain had overstepped its authority as a worthy government over the colonists by becoming too tyrannical.
Thus, the Revolutionary period that saw America develop from 13 colonies to a unified nation was a continuity rather than a discrete event.
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