How Did The Revolutionary War Start

The Revolutionary war was one of the most enticing wars. There were 4,435 American battle deaths and America was an astonishing underdog. The revolutionary war was a unique war with multiple stages like what lead up to the war, the beginning of the war, the extraordinary battles, and the concluding of an astounding revolution. The Revolutionary war occurred for a reason. The main reason was the british were raising taxes. Since the taxes were raised many protests took place causing violence and deaths at one point. “The colonial resistance led to violence in 1770” (History.com). Soldiers fired on protesting colonists in what is known as today as the Boston Massacre where five colonists died and three were injured. This was a big reason in which the war commenced. On the cool day of June 17th 1775 one of the first battles the battle of Breed's hill occured. George Washington and his troops inflicted heavy casualties on the attacking British army. They lost the battle and the hill but the marvellous effort gave …show more content…
Even with the exceptional confidence and courage George Washington's troops still had trouble surviving the grueling and merciless winters with the limited supplies they had. On July 4th now known as Independence day a five man committee made the declaration of independence. Around this revolutionary time period America got its first major victory on Christmas night when they planned a surprise attack on Trenton New Jersey. The victory the accomplished lead to them taking over princeton and led them one more step closer to victory in the revolution. There were many bewildering battles between the opposing two sides like the battle of Lexington,