In what ways did the american revolution function as a civil war?

One main way that the American Revolution functioned as a Civil War would be the conflicts between Colonists. There were those who supported the British rule, the Loyalists, and those who fought against it. It divided families and communities in a very similar fashion as the Civil War that occurred later on.

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