The Revolutionary War both the British and the American colonists had many difficulties to face. The Americans were at a disadvantage due to their lack of experienced soldiers and supplies. The British badly put down the greatness of the North American continent . In order for the Americans to accomplish in winning the war, they had to train their militias and learn military tactics to best attack the British. In order for british to have won they should have taken the colonists more seriously and better planned their military tactics. For the Americans and the British there were challenges to be taken and their decisions on how to affect them basically decided the end of the war.
There are a few cause of the Revolutionary War. The British government had decided to make the American colonies pay a large share of the war debt from the French And Indian War. The
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American people also had thought that they would be able to send their own people to Britain's Parliament or to at least vote for Britain's lawmakers.The combination of the disturbing taxes and the shortage of an American voice in Parliament gave rise to the famous phrase "taxation without representation." The last cause is that, Americans started building up guns and gunpowder in transgression of the British laws. Their defense of such a build up led to the shots fired at Lexington and Concord and the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Lexington and Concord, Saratoga,Yorktown, and Bunker Hill were the four major battles in the revolutionary war .
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
war. During the Revolutionary War Ben Franklin prepared in the second continental congress and helped outline the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He also agreed with the Treaty of Paris 1783 that ended the Revolutionary War. Thomas Jefferson was the founding father of the United States of America. During the American Revolution he was elected governor of virginia and after that war he was appointed minister to france. Sam Adams was a political leader in the american revolution .The was also the signer of the Declaration Of Independence . John Adams served as a diplomat in europe and helped negotiate The Treaty Of Paris 1783.That had ended the Revolutionary war. The Treaty Of Paris was a negotiation between the United States and Britain. It was signed on September 3, 1783 in Paris, France.It was signed by reresentatives of King George the 3rd of Great Britain.America wanted to recognized as an individual country. The Treaty Of Paris is what ended the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary war was fought by the 13 colonies of the new world against the british people. It was fought between the british army and colonial rebels. The american colonies were assisted with troops and all the supplies they had. The battles of the revolutionary war lasted about 8 years.It was ended with the treaty of paris .
The colonists had failed to stop the British, but they got reinforcements. when the British got to Concord, there was no equipment to be taken. It was a decoy and the British had been tricked. When they turned around to head back, they were faced with the Colonial army to fight. The colonial army won and the American Revolutionary War had begun.
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 Revolutionary War between America and Britain placed a lot of difficulties on both sides, particularly the American colonies. America was the underdog of the war and no one expected them to win, but yet, despite all of their challenges they won the war. America didn't have a regular army and strong navy, unlike the Britain, who had one of the strongest armies in the world. Comparing America to the British is like comparing the emperor to a peasant. Furthermore, America's weapons and ammunitions were in short supply, and to make matters worse, not all Americans supported the struggle for independence. However, in spite of these things, America managed to win. American colonists got over the challenges thrown at them and won the Revolutionary War.
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,
However, there was one battle that completely changed the rest of the war. The Battle of Saratoga was the major turning point of the American Revolution, which ultimately led the Americans to victory. Although the Americans seemed to be coming into this war as the underdogs, they did have a few advantages over the British. The Patriots were fighting for a cause, they truly wanted independence and to become a strong nation.
The U.S lost more battles than England did. Eventhough America won the whole war. The Battle of Saratoga was the main turning point in the American Revolution because it gave the American public confidence that they could beat Great Britain, it provided much needed supplies, brought France in as allies on our side.
Up against the greatest power in the world (at the time), the Colonists faced numerous disadvantages, but managed to win against the British. As a result, the British lost a very large amount of money, as well as a very valuable extension of land. The American Revolution, the war which established The United States as a separate country, was won due to the assistance of the French, the Colonists’ knowledge of the land, and battle tactics that they learned from the Native Americans.
The American Revolutionary War was an unfortunate consequence of the French and Indian War which had occurred from 1756 to 1763. Great Britain’s triumph over the French in this conflict came with a great price for the thirteen North American colonies because of the national debt Great Britain incurred from years of fighting. The war debt rose to over 122 million pounds (British monetary unit) and Great Britain decided to reduce this debt through reforming colonial administration and enforcing tax laws. Great Britain’s explanation was that American colonists should pay a share of the cost for their own defense. This led to heightened tensions between the colonies and the colonial government which represented Britain. Tensions continued to mount between after 1963 and in 1775 war between American Colonists and the British was under way. The timeline of events between 1763 and 1781 provide context leading up to the Battle of
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
One of the first major events in the starting of the Revolutionary war was the Boston Massacre. That made the British do cruel things to the colonists. America didn’t want anything to do with the British. The colonists wanted them out and they wanted independence much later after the Boston Tea Party.
The American Revolution had many battles that took place that affected the Revolution. The Battle of Saratoga had proven to be a huge disadvantaged to the weaker American force were strong enough to overpower the British forces. On 17 October 1777, the surrender of the British during the Battle proved to the world that the American Army was an effective fighting force. The victory also became a major turning point in the colonies fight for Independence. The victory resulted in needed military support from European powers, particularly France, against the British Empire. (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2006) The major factors that led to the British downfall during the Battle of Saratoga were their lack of intelligence collection assets, American
...he fact that they had no political power and were controlled by a country that was thousands of miles away from them. The American Revolution began as a conflict over political and social change, but soon developed into a dispute over personal rights and political liberty. A decade of conflicts between the British government and the Americans, starting with the Stamp Act in 1765 that eventually led to war in 1775, along with The Declaration of Independence in 1776. Americans united as one and knew that they wanted to be an independent country, have their own laws, rights, and not be colony of the Great Britain. They fought hard for their independence and people lost their lives in the process of it but in the end they succeeded. Never give up, keep fighting till the mission is accomplished just like the Americans did when they were fighting for their independence.