The Patriots: The American Revolution

The American Revolution was the war that arose from strain between Great Britain’s American colonies and the colonial government, this battle lasted from 1775 to 1783. The American Revolution, also known as the U.S. War of Independence, had two sides to it, the loyalists and the patriots. The loyalists were colonists loyal to Britain who would stand and supposedly fight for the crown as they promised, but the Patriots wanted independence from Britain and their government, hence the name the U.S. War of Independence. The Patriots wanted to part from Britain because of the unfair government raising taxes on the colonies, the taxes raised are known as the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and the Townsend Act. All of these acts led to the colonies becoming

The people who led the Patriots were the founders of the Constitution, this including Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and many more. The Patriot people were made of up of people with backgrounds of high education, and wealth. But, without the support of the common people such as farmers, and merchants, the fight for independence might have failed. The reason for the British American colonies parting from England was because of the government. The Patriots wanted a government where the power laid in the hands of the people, their rebellion was based on Republicanism. The government raised taxes on the colonies, and many of the colonies already disliked the British government because of their lack of representation in Parliament, and the American Colonies wanted the same rights as other British citizens. This led to violence between the colonies and government, which led to British soldiers opening fire on a colonist mob, this was called the Boston Massacre. Due to that a group of colonial delegates was formed and in September of 1774, denounced taxation without representation to every citizen along with life, liberty, property, and trial by jury. The Continental Congress did all of this without consent of the British, and when they voted to meet again, more violence broke out before they got the chance at the Battle of Lexington and

The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first major battle in the Revolution, that ended in victory with the British. There were many other steps that led up to the official start to the Revolutionary war in June 1776, with a majority of the colonists favoring independence from Britain. On July 4th, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress. Very shortly after, the British government sent thousands of troops to New York to crush the rebellion, which caused Washington and his troops to flee from New York and sneak up on the British Troops in New Jersey, Washington won. There were many other battles that led up to the final closing battle in the war, The Battle of Yorktown. The American forces pushed the British men to Yorktown with around 14,000 soldiers, and about three dozen French warships blocking the British from evacuating. The British Army being trapped was forced to surrender, which was accepted by Washington and Benjamin Lincoln. The Americans biggest victory was at Yorktown when the British surrendered, but since British troops were still stationed at Charleston, and New York, they did not count it as an immediate victory. It was not until the British removed their troops after 2 years, that the conflict was declared over in