The revolutionary war, the war that started it all. The Revolutionary War was a series of wars leading to American Independence. From 1775 to 1783 the 13 colonies or ,Americans, fought against Great Britain and all of Europe. Settlers in the 13 colonies had a lot of beef with King George, for many different reasons. One of the biggest causes of the Revolutionary war was the taxes King George put on the colonies. He placed a serious of different taxes on the 13 colonies, called the Intolerable Act. As the Americans fought back protesting against the taxes King George started to pass other laws like the Proclamation of 1763. This law prohibited the American settlers from moving west, anywhere past the Appalachian Mountains. The King passed …show more content…
many more laws en-ragging the colonies. So they decided to fight back. With the help of certain key leaders we were able to come out on top.
Benjamin Franklin was one of the key leaders. Franklin served in the Second Continental Congress helping to get the colonies to work together in fighting against King George and the red coats. He also helped draft the D.O.I. (says ww.history.com). Another leader ,also known as the Founding Father of the U. S., was Thomas Jefferson. Also in the Second Continental Congress Jefferson spent a lot of his time getting people to want to fight for their Independence and religious freedom, and writing the D. O. I. (www.shmoop.cm). Sam Adams is another leader celebrated for his role in the war. As an organizer of Boston's Sons of liberty, Adam helped fight the acts passed by King George. His protests to the Tea Act helped cause the Boston Tea Party. The most peaceful leader out of them all was probably John Adams. John also protested and defended the American rights but in more of a peaceful way. He didn't approve of violent protesting. Though he did defend the British soldiers at the Boston Massacre in 1770, he did believe in the American rights and helped Virginia pass its state constitution in 1776. John also helped revise the D. O. …show more content…
I. The war was more than just protest and politics.
One of the most famous battles at this time period was the battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775. This battle is known for its famous ,"shoot heard around the world". It was the first battle starting off the war as hundreds of British troops marched into Concord firing at the American militia, or minutemen. The next key battle was the battle of Saratoga in 1777. This was the turning point in the war because the france became our allies. Helping to give the Americans the advantage over the British. Then this one, not major battle, happened but had just as big as effect as the rest of the battles. This was the attack at Valley Forge. It was an American base, it was temporally abandoned do to the harsh winter. When the British troops saw this fort, they decided to take it. When the Americans tried to come and take it back they failed loosing 25% of their troops. This wasn't a huge battle but was more of a awakening call for the Americans. The last major battle of the Revolutionary War was the battle of Yorktown. The American militia pushed the British back to the water at Yorktown forcing them to retreat. As the Americans pushed them to the waters the French navy blocked off their retreat, forcing them to die or surrender. This battled really ended the war, though smaller battles still
continued. After the battle of Yorktown the Treaty of Paris was signed. This was a treaty ending the war, saying that America was its own country. That it can be self governed and no longer controlled by Great Britain and King George. Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Sam and John Adams also signed this treaty. This officially ended the war. A lot went on during the Revolutionary War. All of it to obtain freedom and independence from Great Britain. This war was filled with many long years of battles, hurt, pain, and sorrow. All causing the colonies to fall into a lot of dept.
During the War for American Independence, 78 men were commissioned as general officers into the Continental Army by the Continental Congress. Many of these generals commanded troops with differing levels of competence and success. George Washington is typically seen as most important general, however throughout the war a number of his subordinates were able to distinguish themselves amongst their peers. One such general was Nathanael Greene. At the end of the Revolutionary War, Greene would become Washington’s most important subordinate, as demonstrated by Edward Lengel’s assessment of Greene as “the youngest and most capable of Washington’s generals.” Washington and Greene developed a strong, positive and close relationship between themselves. Greene began his life in the military after having been raised a Quaker. With limited access to literature and knowledge in his younger years, Greene became an avid reader which equipped him with the knowledge necessary to excel as a general during the war. Through his devoted study of military operations, firsthand experience and natural abilities as a soldier, Greene became an excellent military commander. He would become known for his successful southern campaign, during which, he loosened British control of the South and helped lead the war to its climax at Yorktown. Throughout the war, he was involved in a number high profile battles where he built a reputation of being an elite strategist who also understood unconventional warfare, logistics, and the importance of military-civil affairs and had a natural political/social acumen. The thesis of this paper is that Greene’s proven reputation of being a soldier, strategist and statesman would cause him to become the second greates...
The Revolutionary War was a war between the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain from 1775-1783 during the American Revolution. The American colonists fought the British in hope of freedom and separation from Great Britain. “This was the completion stage of the political American Revolution whereas the colonists had denied the rights of the Parliament of Great Britain in governing them without any representation,” ("American Revolutionary War."). The Revolutionary War consisted of many different bloody battles on American soil. The war resulted in an American victory because of many historical reasons. The factors that contributed to an American victory of the Revolutionary War are British debt, distance between America and Great Britain, war tactics, French involvement, and important battles.
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of The American Revolutionary War. On June 1777, British and Hessian army departed from St. Johns to Fort Ticonderoga at the south end of the lake. The army of 7,000 had separated and started a long march to war. On October 17, 1777, 5,895 Brit and Hessian troops had surrendered. General Burgoyne had lost 86% of his force. The defeat of the British army, the Americans gained great confidence and strongly believed they could win more battles in the near future.
The haphazard and disorganized British rule of the American colonies in the decade prior to the outbreak led to the Revolutionary War. The mismanagement of the colonies, the taxation policies that violated the colonist right's, the distractions of foreign wars and politics in England and mercantilist policies that benefited the English to a much greater degree then the colonists all show the British incompetence in their rule over the colonies. These policies and distractions were some of the causes of the Revolutionary War.
The American Revolution is also know as the United States War of Independence. The American Revolutionary War was fought from 1775 to 1783. It was fought between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies. Tensions had been building between the colonists and the British authorities long before the war began. The war was caused by the taxes, strict rules and regulations set by the British. The British made attempts to raise the taxes for the colonists and this did not please the colonists. So,
Lexington and Concord started the revolutionary war . Hundreds of british troops had marched from Boston to somewhere by concord in order to have capture an arms cache. The battle in lexington town started off the fighting , and the british had quickly escaped under fire. The colonists won their independence. The battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the revolutionary war. The war was fought between the Continental Army and the British Army. Burgoyne forces defeated the Continental Army. 18 days after the Burgoyne’s army was attacked by the American Forces. At the Battle Of Bunker Hill the British defeated the americans. The Americans lost due to their inexperienced colonial force. The British suffered the most disasters of any single fight during the American Revolutionary War.The Battle of Yorktown was the battle to end the Revolutionary war.The surrender of General Cornwallis and his army was the second major surrender of the war. The Americans won the battle and the
the colonies was removed and Andros with his councils took charge of all the power. Andros’ actions drove the colonists to become angry pushed them the edge of going against their power. They had already gotten used to the neglect and being governed by themselves. The revolution of 1688 allowed an opportunity for the colonist to do away with the Dominion. When they heard that the crown had been offered to William and Mary, they put Andros and his people in jail. It ended up being a revolution with more than 1,000 colonist fighting to get rid of the Dominion. The overthrow of the Dominion happened because it was thought to be tyranny by the king. If the Dominion had not been overthrown, there would be no self government and maybe even no Revolution.
The Revolutionary War took place between April 17th, 1775 and October 19th, 1781. It was a time for America to prove its independence from Great Britain. The colonists had spent many years before this struggling against Britain’s strict orders and unfair laws. There were fourteen major battles that decided America’s freedom. The last battle that was fought before America’s independence was the Battle of Yorktown.
The American Revolutionary war, a war thought to have been fought to free a land from its oppressors, but was it fought for other reasons? The 1700’s were rife with disagreements between colony and mother country, most prominently disagreed upon were the legal actions the mother country were enacting in the colonies. The laws and decrees England made for the colonies were not outrageous by any means, the taxes in the colonies were lower than those in England and the colonies even had religious freedom to an extent. The disagreement first festered within the people beat down by the laws and those making profit off of breaking England's laws, as England lowered the taxes smuggling and other illegal means of making money became less and less
The American Revolutionary War caused the widely accepted written and unwritten laws of society to be called into question. Many groups of people who had been deprived of freedom prior to the Revolution are some of the elite in modern society. Because a small group of colonists called out for liberty and stood up to the biggest military power of the time, many minorities were given the spark to do the same. People began using the “language of liberty” that was used in the Declaration of Independence to try to gain freedoms and rights in religion, economic situations, and in equality.
The American Revolution had some of its beginnings in the French and Indian war. For seven years, Britain battled the French and Indian nations in the colonies. Where the colonies militia fought beside the troops of the British army and learned war first hand. After winning the war, Britain had a large debt 140 million pounds. To pay these expenses, it was reasoned that taxing the colonies should pay the debt. The war had been fought to protect the land of the Ohio River Valley, land that was part of the colonies.
The American Revolution was tensions between Great Britain's 13 colonies and the colonial government. What caused the beginning of the revolutionary war? Skirmishes between the troops and colonial militiamen in Lexington and Concord was what started the armed conflict, later following the rebels striving for their independence during the summer. During about this time in 1775 Patrick Henry had delivered the famous Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death speech. The speech delivered a proposal to organize a volunteer company of cavalry or infantry in every Virginia county(Wirth). Henry addressed himself to the Convention's president, Peyton Randolph of Williamsburg. Henry's words were not written down, but no one who heard them forgot their effectiveness,
The American Revolution began in 1775 and was a result of three political acts that were introduced: the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, and the Intolerable acts. It is one of the most influential political revolutions in history, informing the world of the concept of republican governments. It was mainly caused by American citizens who heavily disliked the British. They began to defy the English attempts to inflict larger authority over the 13 colonies. The French and Indian War, ending in 1763, lasted 7 years and brought new territories in regards to royalty.
The American Revolution was all about change in the society of America. During the revolution the colonists had to stick together to fight for their independence from Great Britain. The formation of the Republican Party separated the country. On the other hand, the divisions in society allowed for Americans to find themselves, and the revolution allowed many colonists to find their true beliefs. Therefore, the American Revolution was continued by the Republican Party formation in the 1790s.
The American Revolution gained momentum throughout the Colonies due to popular belief that Great Britain was a tyranny. Because of this, a revolution was founded on the idea of freedom. The founders envisioned a country where their “Constitutional and political freedoms” (“Road to Revolution”, 25:10) would not be threatened. Which they believed where endangered by British Parliament. Giving the revolution a conservative label. Conservative, meaning they were not an oppressed population revolting against a higher power, but common people concerned over their Liberty’s. But considering this took place in the middle of the 18th Century, America indeed was doing things radical, compared to the rest of the world. Abolishing an anarchy and moving to a system that had checks and balances. Likewise, the slave population in America were attempting to gain their freedom as well. Slaves, like America, were equally justified to claim their right to freedom.