American+Revolution

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1775–83, struggle by which the thirteen colonies on the Atlantic seaboard of North America won independence from Great Britain and became the United States. It is also called the American War of Independence.

__When did the war begin ?__


 * The first shots rang out on the morning of April 19, 1775 in Lexington, Mass.

__ When did the war end ? __


 * The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, and Great Britain acknowledged America's independence. The treaty established a northern boundary with Canada and set the Mississippi River as the western boundary.

__Why was there a war ?__ Some of the main reasons included:
 * An Intolerable Act. After the British captured Quebec in 1759 from France the British Parliament in 1774 passed the Quebec Act (called the Intolerable Act by Americans). This act endorsed French civil law and protected Catholic faith. Americans disliked this Act for three reasons;
 * As Protestants, they dreaded Catholicism as hostile to liberty and commerce.
 * French civil law rather than the English common law troubled them by discounting trial by jury, freedom of press, and immunity from arbitrary arrest.
 * Eliminating an elected assembly caused suspicion that the British soon would impose authoritarian rule on all the colonies
 * The 13 American colonies fought for independence from British rule to become the United States.

__How many people died ?__


 * American battle deaths: 4,435

__Where was the war located ?__


 * ~ Date ||~ Battle ||~ Location ||
 * 4/19/1775 || The Battles of Lexington and Concord || Lexington and Concord Massachusetts ||
 * 5/10/1775 || The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga || Fort Ticonderoga, New York ||
 * 5/27/1775 || The Battle of Chelsea Creek || Suffolk County, Massachusetts ||
 * 6/16/1775 || The Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill || Charlestown, Massachusetts ||
 * 12/31/1775 || The Battle of Quebec || Quebec City, Province of Quebec ||
 * 8/27/1776 || The Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn Heights) || Long Island, New York ||
 * 10/28/1776 || The Battle of White Plains || White Plains, New York ||
 * 11/16/1776 || The Battle of Fort Washington || Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York ||
 * 12/26/1776 || The Battle of Trenton || Trenton, New Jersey ||
 * 1/3/1777 || The Battle of Princeton || Princeton, New Jersy ||
 * 8/6/1777 || The Battle of Oriskany || Oriskany, New York ||
 * 8/16/1777 || The Battle of Bennington || Bennington, New York ||
 * 9/11/1777 || The Battle of Brandywine || Near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania ||
 * 9/19/1777 || The Battle of Saratoga (Freeman's Farm) || Saratoga County, New York ||
 * 10/4/1777 || The Battle of Germantown || Germantown, Pennsylvania ||
 * 10/7/1777 || The Battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights) || Saratoga County, New York ||
 * 6/28/1778 || The Battle of Monmouth || Monmouth, New Jersey ||
 * 12/29/1778 || The Capture of Savannah || Savannah, Georgia ||
 * 3/29/1780 || The Siege of Charleston || Charleston, South Carolina ||
 * 8/16/1780 || The Battle of Camden || North of Camden, South Carolina ||
 * 10/7/1780 || The Battle of King's Mountain || Near Blackburn, SC and King's Mountain, NC ||
 * 1/17/1781 || The Battle of Cowpens || Cowpens, South Carolina ||
 * 3/15/1781 || The Battle of Guilford Courthouse || Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina ||
 * 9/8/1781 || The Battle of Eutaw Springs || Near present-day Eutawville, South Carolina ||
 * 10/9/1781 || The Battle of Yorktown || Yorktown, Virginia ||
 * 10/9/1781 || The Battle of Yorktown || Yorktown, Virginia ||

__Who was involved ?__


 * America and Britain

__George Washington__

was born on Feb. 22, 1732, He died at Mount Vernon on Dec. 14, 1799. Washington was selected as commander in of the continental Army and took command at cambrige, Mass., on July 3 ,1775 and was our first president.

__The Battle of Lexington and Concord(first battle)__ __The Battle of Cowpens__

__The Battle of Trenton__

__The Battle of Princeton__

__Batlle of Broooklyn__

__Batlle of Yorktown(last battle)__

__The American Revolution war map__



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