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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 comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
The concise illustrated history of the American Revolution (1972) for secondary schools online 136pp; Fremont-Barnes, Gregory, and Richard Alan Ryerson, eds. The Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War: A Political, Social, and Military History (5 vol. 2006) George, Lynn. A Timeline of the American Revolution (2002) 24pp; for middle ...
American victory - capture of British ship Diana [6] Battle of Machias: June 11–12, 1775: Massachusetts (present-day Maine) American forces capture the HM schooner Margaretta: Battle of Bunker Hill: June 17, 1775: Massachusetts: British victory: British drive American forces from the Charlestown peninsula near Boston but suffer heavy losses [7]
The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign in the early phase of the American Revolutionary War.Resulting in a decisive American victory over British forces led by General John Burgoyne, the battles persuaded France to enter the war as an American ally.
It was important to the early American government that an image of British fault and American innocence be maintained for this first battle of the war. The history of Patriot preparations, intelligence, warning signals, and uncertainty about the first shot was rarely discussed in the public sphere for decades.
Rebels and Redcoats: How Britain Lost America is a British television documentary series about the story of the American Revolutionary War, presented and narrated by Richard Holmes, in four parts. Throughout the entire program there are clear explanations about the politics going on behind the scenes, the impact of other nations, like Canada ...
Ethnic Germans served on both sides of the American Revolutionary War. As George III was also the Elector of Hanover, many supported the Loyalist cause and served as allies of the Kingdom of Great Britain; most notably rented auxiliary troops [189] from German states such as the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel.
Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution through British Eyes is a history of the American Revolutionary War (or using its British name "The American War of Independence") from the British perspective, by historian Christopher Hibbert.