The way in which the American revolution and civil war were similar is because they arose because of things such as infringement on rights and taxation.
The American Revolution was not often called a civil war by modern historians until William Henry Drayton first used the term American Revolution" in 1776. The major difference between the two terms is length of the conflict.
In conclusion, there are also a significant overlap between the American Revolutionary War and the events that led up to the Civil War such as the African American slaves who fought on one side or another in the Revolution in hopes of gaining freedom.
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