The American Revolution lasted from 1775-1783. This war was one of the longest and most influential in American history and shaped their country into what it is today. The British kept trying to force taxes and gain more and more control over the colonies. The majority of American people loathed this and had to fight back. They did this in an assortment of battles. There were over 20 battles during the revolution but only a few key battles helped the Americans win the revolution. The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first and most influential of the battles and took place on April 19th, 1775. A man named Joseph Warren who was currently in Lexington, had a spy on the inside of the British government, this man told Joseph that Redcoat
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The dates were September 19th 1777 and October 7th 1777. These battles were the turning points during the American Revolution. A general on the British side named John Burgoyne led his soldiers to capture a horde of colonists in Fort Ticonderoga. This minor victory made John cocky and without thinking he very slowly made his way to attack the Americans again, but he made his way over too slowly as it gave the rattled Americans time to regroup. September 19th is when John attacked and Arnold, the colonist’s leader kept filing in new soldiers but soon their numbers broke off and John’s men were left in exhaustion but began to set up camp. John’s men attacked again on October 7th. At the same time, Arnold ignored his orders and led soldiers to attack John’s men. They were very successful in scaring them, which forced the British to retreat. This convinced France to join the Americans …show more content…
Britain had some of the best weapons, and was excellently trained for war. Even though Britain was in debt from each battle, they lived safely and securely. In fact, more than a third of the colonists living in America were still very loyal to Britain. The Americans were far more unstable than the British were and their states were not yet unified. The American army was badly supported, supplied, trained and paid. Britain was more durable, qualified and better equipped than the colonies were. Even with this advantage, Britain had to accomplish major military strategies against the Americans. If the British had taken the time to listen to Edmund Burke, a member of their government, this war might have been avoidable. During war, the British had to withhold the Americans’ uprising and reinstate their power in North America. To achieve this they had to defeat all the American armies in the fields and win or force the loyalty of more than half of the colonists. There were three specific obstacles that Britain faced: their army was not the large size they needed to cover all of the Americans’ land, the British would have a tough time suppressing all thirteen colonies and the Americans had “home field” advantage, meaning that Britain had to manage travelling back and forth by
The dates were September 19th 1777 and October 7th 1777. These battles were the turning points during the American Revolution. A general on the British side named John Burgoyne led his soldiers to capture a horde of colonists in Fort Ticonderoga. This minor victory made John cocky and without thinking he very slowly made his way to attack the Americans again, but he made his way over too slowly as it gave the rattled Americans time to regroup. September 19th is when John attacked and Arnold, the colonist’s leader kept filing in new soldiers but soon their numbers broke off and John’s men were left in exhaustion but began to set up camp. John’s men attacked again on October 7th. At the same time, Arnold ignored his orders and led soldiers to attack John’s men. They were very successful in scaring them, which forced the British to retreat. This convinced France to join the Americans …show more content…
Britain had some of the best weapons, and was excellently trained for war. Even though Britain was in debt from each battle, they lived safely and securely. In fact, more than a third of the colonists living in America were still very loyal to Britain. The Americans were far more unstable than the British were and their states were not yet unified. The American army was badly supported, supplied, trained and paid. Britain was more durable, qualified and better equipped than the colonies were. Even with this advantage, Britain had to accomplish major military strategies against the Americans. If the British had taken the time to listen to Edmund Burke, a member of their government, this war might have been avoidable. During war, the British had to withhold the Americans’ uprising and reinstate their power in North America. To achieve this they had to defeat all the American armies in the fields and win or force the loyalty of more than half of the colonists. There were three specific obstacles that Britain faced: their army was not the large size they needed to cover all of the Americans’ land, the British would have a tough time suppressing all thirteen colonies and the Americans had “home field” advantage, meaning that Britain had to manage travelling back and forth by