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American Revolutionary War Boston campaign Boston Massacre Pine Tree Riot. Thirteen Colonies. The Thirteen American Colonies rejected British colonial rule, overthrew the authority of the British Crown, and founded the United States of America. Shays' Rebellion. August 1786 – June 1787.
1855–1856: The Karakalpak Rebellion by the Karakalpak leader Ernazor Alakoz against the Khanate of Khiva [ 178 ][ 179 ][ 180 ] 1855–73: The Panthay Rebellion by Chinese Muslims against the Qing dynasty. 1857: The Indian rebellion against British East India Company, marking the end of Mughal rule in India.
Armed rebellions in the United States, including some pre-Revolutionary revolts. For riots and civil disorders, see Category:Riots and civil disorder in the United States . For internal wars, see Category:Civil wars in the United States .
Victor, Orville J. History Of American Conspiracies: A Record Of Treason, Insurrection, Rebellion, &c. In The United States Of America. From 1760 To 1860 (1863) online, entertaining but outdated; Waskow, Arthur I. From Race Riot to Sit-In, 1919 and the 1960s: A Study in the Connections Between Conflict and Violence. (Doubleday, 1966).
The American Revolution was the first of the "Atlantic Revolutions": followed most notably by the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and the Latin American wars of independence. Aftershocks contributed to rebellions in Ireland, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Netherlands. [229] [230] [228]
500 total dead [36] The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the ...
This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties. Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war Boston campaign (1775–1776) Invasion of Quebec (1775–1776) New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–1777) Saratoga campaign (1777) Philadelphia campaign (1777 ...
The Age of Revolution is a period from the late-18th to the mid-19th centuries during which a number of significant revolutionary movements occurred in most of Europe and the Americas. [ 2 ] The period is noted for the change from absolutist monarchies to representative governments with a written constitution, and the creation of nation states ...