The Revolutionary War began April 19, 1775 with the Battle of Lexington and Concord. British troops devised a plan to march from Boston to Concord to launch a surprise attack on a hidden ammunition storage, however when they arrived to Lexington they were met by armed militiamen. During this confrontation a single shot was fired, which to this day is still unknown by who. That single shot was then followed by more firing leaving eight dead and 10 wounded. After regrouping the British then continued their march to Concord destroying whatever ammunition was present on the way. At Concord’s North Bridge another fire fight erupted between the British and Colonist, leaving two Americans and three British dead. As the British began their return back to Boston they were expectantly attacked from all angles by minutemen who had been hiding and waiting for the moment; the British being slaughtered then retreated, this battle became the first battle of the Revolutionary War. There were many events that lead to the Revolutionary War, the first being The French and Indian War. The French and Indian war begin in 1756, this war was between England and France for colonial domination in North America. During this war the Colonist were forced by British to join in and defend Great Britain although they had an established trade relationship with the French and the Indians, this created an issue. After the British defeated the French, the French departed and this left the Indians outraged; the fighting between the Indians, the British and the Colonist continued until an order was issued by the British called the Proclamation of 1763. The Proclamation of 1763 banned Colonist from settling in the West, this land was to be saved for their allies, the ... ... middle of paper ... ...considered enslavement. The first was the Boston Port Act which closed the Boston harbor until all of the ruined tea was paid for. The second was the Massachusetts Government Act, highlighting Parliament’s privilege over Massachusetts. The council became appointed and not elected and town meetings were banned. The third was the Impartial Administration of Justice Act, stated that any royal official accused of a capital crime was to be tried in a court in England. The fourth act amended the Quartering Act. The final act, the Quebec Act, it allowed continues French civil law, government, and Catholicism for Quebec. The Revolutionary War was destined to happen. The Coercive Acts was just the last straw for the Colonist. The amount of betrayal Britain showed to their subjects continuously fueled the fire of resentment that sparked during the French and Indian War.
.... The Coercive Acts were mostly to punish Boston and Massachusetts, but one also expanded the Quartering Act. Parliament also passed the Quebec Act, which arranged the land in Canada. Colonists took this as an attack on them as they lost land on the Ohio River, and it heightened the fear of losing their representative assemblies. The tensions, ultimately, would lead to the revolutionary war.
There were many battles between the British and the colonists. Lexington and concord, and the battle of Bunker Hill and that's only two. Lexington and concord was the first war engagements held between the British and the people. Two hundred forty people died in Lexington and concord. Next was the battle at Bunker Hill. Bunker Hill was the deadliest battle throughout the revolutionary war. One thousand people perished In this engagement.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the very first battles of the Revolutionary War. The battle of Lexington was a brief fight that marked the first war-like conflict. It took place on the morning of April 19, 1775, when about 70 colonial minutemen, commanded by Captain John Parker, collided with about 800 British soldiers marching their way to Concord, Massachusetts, to steal some equipment from the colonial militia. The British soldiers were under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith (Lexington, Battle of).
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 American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between England and the colonies which were settled earlier by the English. There were many factors and events that led to the American Revolution. The Revolution was mainly an economic rebellion that was fueled by taxation without representation following the French and Indian War. The English Parliament was more often than not considered cruel and unfair by the colonists. With conflicts over trade, taxes and government representation, the colonies were at a starting line of a revolution that would later transform into the basis of the United States of America.
A- John Adams- A Massachusetts lawyer and politician, John Adams was the one that defended the British shooters at the Boston Massacre. He went on to join the meeting at the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774. Adams and the rest of the Congress wanted there to be an end to the Intolerable acts that were put on the Colonies by the British, and they wanted to have their own government, instead of the British governing them. This lead to the start of the Revolutionary War. John Adams was one of the delegates from Massachusetts to sign the Declaration of Independence.
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.
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
Throughout the decades, a long debate has taken place over what really caused the American Revolutionary War: a war fought for colonial independence from Great Britain. Historians claim single events such as the Boston Tea Party or the British declination of the Olive Branch Petition. But what these historians fail to include is the long standing oppression that slowly accrued until the colonists cracked. It was invoked by a series of events rather than one pivotal change. The Revolutionary War was caused by colonial displeasure with the acts imposed by Britain, improved self government, and ultimately the Declaration of Independence.
All that is required for evil to Triumph, is for good men to do nothing. This essay will show you what events and causes led up to the Revolutionary War. The colonists were antagonized by the fact that the British were not including the colonists and any law making decisions. Eventually they had, had enough and the war broke out. historians often point out that there are many causes to the Revolutionary War. The three main causes of the Revolutionary War that the historians agree on are the Prevention of colonial Westward settlement, taxation without representation and British violence towards the colonists.
This was the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, in it's major points. Both Britain and the American Colonies had their faults in this matter, however most of the problem resided in the fact that the colonies' perceptions of the British actions were not the reality of the British actions. Therefore in fighting these actions the American Colonies eventual lead themselves to the signing of the Declaration of Independence and into the American Revolutionary War.
There were many factors that led up to the American Revolutionary War, one of these factors were the laws and acts being passed at the time. The British Parliament attempted to limit the power the American Colonist had at the time by taking away from their income. How they did this one may ask? The simple answer is taxes. One of the many taxes imposed was the stamp act. During this time the American colonies were being oppressed by the British one of the first signs of this was the Stamp Act. The act stated that almost anything written had to be stamped and tax...
There were many events that occurred prior to the American Revolution that were direct causes to the war. One main cause of the colonies standing up to Great Britain was taxation on the colonists. Following the French and Indian War, Britain’s national debt doubled. Parliament needed to raise money to pay for the debt and British
There were many causes leading up to the Revolutionary War. Great Britain helped the American colonies during the French and Indian War. The French and Indian War resulted in a large debt the British needed to repay. In order to produce enough money to repay the debt, Great Britain placed The Sugar Act, The Stamp Act, and The Townshend Act on American colonists. “Parliament said it had
Once everyone was against England, the people were ready for war. The American Revolution started for many reasons, some of the few being social, economic, and political changes. These changes provided America with an independent country with its own government. The increase in strict laws and violent events made many Americans angry, and that’s why the revolution began. The French and Indian war, taxes without representation, as well as the first continental congress.