The american revolution was part of the enlightenment in Europe, which paved the way for the Hasburgs and other European nobles getting overthrown and countries establishing democratic governments rather than having systems of feudalism that ruled Europe for a thousand years. The second amendment can also be credited to the British for trying to confiscate all of the firearms from the colonists. No other colonial power really needed to do this because they already had the forces necessary to crush any opposition because they typically had more advanced weapons and better trained soldiers. Also, they typically treated their colonies a lot better, unlike the British who thought they had no worries subjugating their own people and going further and further with their tyranny would be tolerated just because they shared the same blood. The reality was the colonists had little ties to their homeland, and there was a difference of 3 or more generations from the original people who came from England to the colonies. We're talking from the times of Shakespeare and Issac Newton, to the times of Mozart and Napoleon. The founders immediately saw both sides of the equation with the Whisky rebellion, but still decided it was worth the risk.