• Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 months ago

    The American Revolution didn’t destroy the existing system, it replaced the British control of the colonies with a federal control of the States, each of the colonial governments had a fairly smooth transition to state government, using the existing structure and most of the same people.

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      Potato potato. From the perspective of the British it certainly destroyed the status quo