The American Revolution were one of the most famous revolutions. It was a time that was known as a political upheaval. The American Revolution started in 1765 when American colonist refused the British parliament that they could tax. The Boston Massacre is remembered as a key event in helping to solidify the public to the Patriot cause.in 1770. This sparked the Boston tea party in 1773during which patriots destroyed taxed tea from the Parliament controlled. The colonist weren’t having it.. The colonist proposed the tea act because they believed that it violated their rights as Englishmen to "No taxation without representation”. The Tea Party became a controversial event of American history and since then other political protests such as the
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The thirteen colonies formed Provincial Congresses that replaced the old colonies government this died down loyalism. Provincial congress which are extra legislative branches in some of the 13 colonies; later these were renamed as states. The Continental Army was an army formed by the patriots with leader George Washington. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County Virginia. The continental army was formed by the second continental congress after the outbreak of revolutionary war. The Second Continental Congress managed the colonial war effort and moved determinedly towards independence making the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independence states the principles on which our government the identity of an Americans. Not legally binding but very powerful. The Patriot leadership professed the political philosophies of liberalism and republicanism to not want monarchy and aristocracy, and came to the conclusion that all men are created equal. The British were forced out of Boston in …show more content…
This brings me to the battle of Princeton. Was a battle in the American Revolutionary War in which the Continental Army defeated British forces near Princeton New York. This was also a battle which caused the resignation of a commander on the British. After losing the chance to take Washington captive twice during the battle of Princeton. He was always defeated by Americans almost every time he fought them. After he made a series of frequent wrong mistakes and miscommunications. England began to speak badly of him. He felt he had not did good and lost the king's favor and he lost faith in himself. After, he turned in his resignation and was released three days later. The last battle of the revolutionary war was the Battle of Yorktown. In the fall of 1781 a combined American force of Colonial and French troops laid waste to the British Army at Yorktown Virginia. They were a massive army they went in for the final cut. The final cut to end the American Revolution. Cornwallis knowing he was fighting a losing battle. Cornwallis and nearly nine thousand troops. Yorktown proved to be the final battle of the American Revolution. The war is not officially over until a treaty is in
The thirteen colonies formed Provincial Congresses that replaced the old colonies government this died down loyalism. Provincial congress which are extra legislative branches in some of the 13 colonies; later these were renamed as states. The Continental Army was an army formed by the patriots with leader George Washington. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County Virginia. The continental army was formed by the second continental congress after the outbreak of revolutionary war. The Second Continental Congress managed the colonial war effort and moved determinedly towards independence making the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independence states the principles on which our government the identity of an Americans. Not legally binding but very powerful. The Patriot leadership professed the political philosophies of liberalism and republicanism to not want monarchy and aristocracy, and came to the conclusion that all men are created equal. The British were forced out of Boston in …show more content…
This brings me to the battle of Princeton. Was a battle in the American Revolutionary War in which the Continental Army defeated British forces near Princeton New York. This was also a battle which caused the resignation of a commander on the British. After losing the chance to take Washington captive twice during the battle of Princeton. He was always defeated by Americans almost every time he fought them. After he made a series of frequent wrong mistakes and miscommunications. England began to speak badly of him. He felt he had not did good and lost the king's favor and he lost faith in himself. After, he turned in his resignation and was released three days later. The last battle of the revolutionary war was the Battle of Yorktown. In the fall of 1781 a combined American force of Colonial and French troops laid waste to the British Army at Yorktown Virginia. They were a massive army they went in for the final cut. The final cut to end the American Revolution. Cornwallis knowing he was fighting a losing battle. Cornwallis and nearly nine thousand troops. Yorktown proved to be the final battle of the American Revolution. The war is not officially over until a treaty is in