It's worth noting that at the time of the American Revolution, no sane person would have given two cents for its success.

The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!

Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.

Perhaps no two events ever united so intimately and forceably to combat and expel prejudice, as the Revolution of America, and the Alliance with France. Their effects are felt, and their influence already extends as well to the old world as the new. Our style and manner of thinking have undergone a revolution, more extraordinary than the political revolution of the country. We see with other eyes; we hear with other ears; and think with other thoughts, than those we formerly used.

Before the American Revolution there were frequent slave uprisings, and a lot of people would run away.