This paper focuses on giving reflection on the readings on American Revolution, provided in 'Understanding the American Promise' and 'A People's History of the United States'. The American Revolution was a period of political changes after 1763 in the thirteen British colonies in North America that led to the War of Independence of the United States against the British (1775-1783). Episode founder of the nation and the American birth of the United States, the revolution manifested itself in violence against the British authorities, a war against the city and social unrest (Zinn, 2005).