Fill in the blanks with words you learned in the passage above: The American Revolution was not only a war for national _____1_____or a revolt against taxes and trade ____2____but also truly the ___3__modern revolution. It __4___off an "age of revolution" and helped___5____revolutions across the entire western world. The American patriots believed that all governments exist for the benefit of the___6____. They insisted that the people should be regarded as citizens with equal rights, including the right to participate in ______7_____affairs. The America revolutionaries believe in natural rights and also in ______8_____.