My Revolutionary War: The American Revolution

` The American Revolution was a political outcry for a refinement against British monarchy and aristocracy. Many people have the misconception that the people of the Thirteen American Colonies did not want to be British citizens any longer. That was not true. The real problem was described in a quote, “No taxation without representation”. The American Revolution was an effort by the Thirteen Colonies to become their own nation apart from Great Britain. The American Revolution, also known as the American War for Independence, took place in 1775 until 1783 (My Revolutionary war).

One of the conflicts to instigate the war was the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War. This war ended on February 10th, 1763 due to the signing

of the Treaty of Paris. While Britain is jubilant, the war had left Britain with catastrophic consequences of financial burdens that had deteriorated the nation. In an effort to assuage the financial burdens, the government began expanding their horizons for new options to for raising revenues including the levying of new taxes. The war was the assemblage of the political American Revolution, by which the Colonists eradicate British Rule. In 1775, revolutionaries took control of each of the Thirteen Colonial Governments and formed a Continental Army 1783 (My Revolutionary war). Before the outbreak of the war, tension had been making its way ashore between Great Britain and the Colonies. In order to pay for reparations from the Seven Years War, British Parliament decided to tax the Colonies including the Stamp Act, Townshend Tariffs, and the Tea Act. The colonists were not happy with the lack of representation in parliament, and wanted corresponding right as the other British citizens. In order to be noticed, colonists’ protested stubbornly. The British were in search of arms. Out of this, the Boston massacre came about, as well as the Boston Tea Party (History). The Declaration of Independence put them to war on July 4, 1776 and was signed at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
April 19th 1775, 700 British troops and 77 militiamen gathered in town.

Nobody knows who shot first. The Militiamen commander ordered his men to retreat when a shot was fired. When the smoke from the shot cleared, eight militiamen are reveled as dead and 9 wounded whereas only one Red Coast was injured. The British continued to search for arms which they found little of. They decided to burn what they had found, but the fire had gone out of control. Militiamen who had little insight of what was going on, thought the town was being torched. The Militiamen rushed to Concord’s North Bridge, which was currently being defended by British soldiers. The British were ready to fight. They shot first but quickly retreated after they saw the potential damage that the Militiamen had. To Ralph Waldo Emerson, this is known as, “The shot heard round the world”. After the British start to conclude their search for arms, almost 2,000 Militiamen also knows at minute men, deterred to the area. Fighting began as militiamen started firing at British soldiers while protecting themselves, hiding behind trees, walls, sheds, and homes. In order to get out faster, British soldiers were leaving things behind such as equipment, clothing, and weapons. As the British started to get out, they were still being surrounded by militiamen, but their commander ordered them not to attack. And with that the British were able to safely reach a town called Charles Town neck, where they were aided by naval support

(History).
The American War for Independence consisted of 26 battles ranging from the years of 1775-1781. These battles took place all along the east coast. This great war was concluded by a negotiation between the British and Americans called The Treaty of Paris (1783). The two major points of this treaty was that the British must recognize the Thirteen Colonies as independent and free states and that the United States is allowed to expand toward the Pacific Ocean, which is knows to be apart of our country today. America was fighting until 1783. The Declaration of Independence put them to war on July 4, 1776 and was signed at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.