What Was The Impact Of The Pre-romantic American Revolution

Question 1

What was the American revolution

Answer 1

-political + military struggle 1765-83
-13 North American colonies rejected British imperial rule
-protest began with opposition to taxes levied t without colonial representation by Br
-colonists led by G.Washington win independence

Question 2

How did it impact romanticism

Answer 2

-victory emerged new themes liberty + freedom which became new muse for many poets
-WW + Byron celebrated liberty + freedom of man
-disillusionment with enlightenment + order