Battles of Lexington and Concord

dumped tea boxes into the Boston harbor. The colonists started protesting and resisting the new taxes, claiming that the taxes are too harsh and that taxation without representation is not fair. The protest went on and in 1775, when the battle of Lexington and Concord happened in Massachusetts, marks the first shots fired in the Revolutionary…

The end of the French and Indian war called for celebration. Finally, the French and their Native Americans allies were no more. However the war also affected the relationship between the British and the colonists dramatically. From working together to complete chaos among them. Everything went downhill for the British.The war placed them in a huge debt. The British blamed the colonists for the debt. According to document 1, British authority argued that the colonists should pay for their…

study of the Battle of Cowpens, a battle that has been made popular largely due to the success of the Mel Gibson film, The Patriot. The author, Lawrence E. Babits, as well as many other historical scholars, argue that the Battle of the Cowpens helped set the stage for victory at Yorktown and the eventual winning of the War for Independence. Babits describes the battlefield tactics of the war as well as the weaponry used by either side. He has also lain out the build-up to the battle and the…

led to the colonists not paying for anything and revolting with such memorable events such as the Boston Tea Party and The Burning of The Gaspee. Ideologically, American colonists resentment began to grow and led to famous battles such as the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. After the French and Indian War, America was never the…

The British army met Massachusetts militiamen, who had been warned of the attack, in Lexington and Concord. Though the militiamen won both sides suffered casualties. Word of the victory spread quickly among the colonies and gave the Patriots hope that they had a chance of winning a war against a formidable foe. The militiamen’s next target was Fort…

spread the word about what the plan was, and he kept track of events that went on during this time period. He also spread the word to New York and Philadelphia about the Boston Tea Party. On April 18, 1775, Joseph Warren told Paul Revere to ride to Lexington, Massachusetts, and warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British troops were looking for them and we're going to arrest them. Revere rowed across the Charles River until he came to Charlestown. While in Charlestown, he made sure…

The Birth of a New Nation There are many different understandings to what the American Revolution was. The American Revolution also known as, “The War of American Independence” was the armed conflict between Great Britain and thirteen of its North American Colonies that took place from 1765-1783. Each side wanted something to fight for. The British was in debt and they wanted money. The patriots wanted independence and didn’t want to pay for goods they didn’t want. This paper is going to…

British troops. The congress also formed the money to make a small navy and help train militiamen so that they could be a trained force and come to be known as the first Continental Army. Battles underwent between the two forces and were named such as Bunker Hill and the Battle of Saratoga. Most of these battles were won narrowly by the British and were fought with blood, sweat, and tears (History Channel).The citizens of America were soon victorious against the country of Great Britain and were…

Changes Social: Before the English came over to the New World, there was already a population here. There was somewhere around 70 million Native Americans spread across North and South America. There were all different kinds of groups of them. There were Mayans and Aztecs in South America just south of the Gulf of Mexico (5). In North America, there were a vast majority of tribes of Indians. The best-known tribe was the Iroquois Hurons. and next came the Inca Empire that Francisco and…

Massachusetts, and punishing the Bostonians which led the American’s disobedience to gather and prepared for a war. In 1775, there was the first revolutionary battle happened when British troops engaged with colonial protesters at Lexington and Concord, because the colonies were treated unfairly to be represented in government. The battle created more revolutionary wars that led the relationship between the American colonies and Great Britain to end…