A. influenced in part by Islam
The two sides in the American Revolution were the British Army and their colonial "loyalist" supporters as well as the American Revolutionary forces. They differed in that the British Army sought to prevent the American colonies from succeeding from their control and establishing an independent country. The American Colonial Forces wanted to break free from British rule and establish an independently ruled nation of their own.
One advancement was the creation of the alphabet (Which most of the current alphabets are based on.)
The life expectancy went down as did the conditions in the cities it was alot easier to get sick and alot more dirty and not clean (not sure)