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American Revolutionary War

This article is about military actions primarily. For origins and aftermath, see American

Revolution.

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the

Revolutionary War or the American War of Independence, was initiated by delegates from

thirteen American colonies of British America in Congress against Great Britain over their

objection to Parliament's taxation policies and lack of colonial representation.[m] From their

founding in the 1600s, the colonies were largely left to govern themselves. The cost of victory in

the 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War and the 1756 to 1763 Seven Years' War left the British

government deeply in debt; the colonies, where the war was fought, equipped and populated

the British forces there at the cost of millions of their own funds. The Stamp Act and Townshend

Acts provoked colonial opposition and unrest, leading to the 1770 Boston Massacre and 1773

Boston Tea Party. When Parliament imposed the Intolerable Acts in spring 1774 upon

Massachusetts, twelve colonies sent delegates to the First Continental Congress (September 5

– October 26, 1774) to draft a Petition to the King and organize a boycott of British goods.

American Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War (collage).jpg

Left, Continental infantry at Redoubt 10, Yorktown; Washington rallying the broken center at

Monmouth; USS Bonhomme Richard capturing HMS Serapis

Date April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783

(8 years, 4 months and 15 days)

Location

Eastern North America, North Atlantic Ocean, the West Indies

Result

American–Allied victory:

Treaty of Paris

British recognition of American independence

End of the First British Empire

Territorial

changes Great Britain cedes control of all territories east of the Mississippi R.; south of the

Great Lakes & St. Lawrence R. to Spanish Florida

Belligerents

United States

13 Colonies:

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

New York

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Delaware

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Maryland

Virginia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Vermont Republic

France

Co-belligerents

Spain Spain

Dutch Republic

Combatants

American Indians

Oneida

Tuscarora

Catawba

Lenape

Chickasaw

Choctaw

Mahican

Mi'kmaq[a]

Abenaki

Cheraw

Seminole

Pee Dee

Lumbee

Great Britain

Loyalists

Treaty auxiliaries

German mercenaries/auxiliaries[2]

Wappen-HK (1736-1804).svg Hesse-Cassel

Wappen-HK (1736-1804).svg Hesse-Hanau

Coat of Arms of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont.svg Waldeck

Coat of Arms of Brunswick-Lüneburg.svg Brunswick

Wappen Brandenburg-Ansbach.svg Ansbach

Blason Principauté d'Anhalt-Zerbst (XVIIIe siècle).svg Anhalt-Zerbst

Hanover

Combatants

American Indians

Onondaga

Mohawk

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American Revolutionary War This article is about military actions primarily. For origins and aftermath, see American Revolution. The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or the American War of Independence, was initiated by delegates from thirteen American colonies of British America in Congress against Great Britain over their objection to Parliament's taxation policies and lack of colonial representation.[m] From their founding in the 1600s, the colonies were largely left to govern themselves. The cost of victory in the 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War and the 1756 to 1763 Seven Years' War left the British government deeply in debt; the colonies, where the war was fought, equipped and populated the British forces there at the cost of millions of their own funds. The Stamp Act and Townshend Acts provoked colonial opposition and unrest, leading to the 1770 Boston Massacre and 1773 Boston Tea Party. When Parliament imposed the Intolerable Acts in spring 1774 upon Massachusetts, twelve colonies sent delegates to the First Continental Congress (September 5 – October 26, 1774) to draft a Petition to the King and organize a boycott of British goods. American Revolutionary War Revolutionary War (collage).jpg Left, Continental infantry at Redoubt 10, Yorktown; Washington rallying the broken center at Monmouth; USS Bonhomme Richard capturing HMS Serapis Date April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783 (8 years, 4 months a ...
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