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It changed the USA, it didn't change "the world". Where I'm originally from, nothing changed after the US revolution. Why do Americans seem to think the world always revolved around their country?

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Are you saying that the American Revolution, which established the first modern constitutional republic, directly inspiring the French Revolution, Haitian Revolution, and rest of Atlantic Revolutions, famous for the "shot heard 'round the world", did not have any impact on the world?

Your examples are strictly former colonies of Britain. This was not the case in Continental Europe where the British had no colonies.

By that logic Nazi Germany should also be credited for improving democracy around the world since its war with Britain, France, Netherlands and Belgium made them so weak post-WW2 that it allowed their former colonies to gain independence.

French and Spanish colonies actually. Ironic since the French supported the American revolution to stick it to the British.

You're right, my bad

Nazi Germany definitely changed the world. They don't get "credit" for it because their goals were very different than the result and their methods were abhorrent, but their rise and fall is without a doubt one of the most significant events in world history.

Check out the constitutions of democracies founded after the United States. There’s a whole lot of influence.

Check out the constitutions of democracies founded after WW2.

Are you claiming that WW2 didn't change the world?

I'm claiming the opposite.

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