Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The American Revolution (1765–1783) was an ideological and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies in what was then British America. The revolution culminated in the American Revolutionary War , which began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord , on April 19, 1775.
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.
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.
The American Revolution includes political, social, and military aspects. The revolutionary era is generally considered to have begun with the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765 and ended with the ratification of the United States Bill of Rights in 1791. The military phase of the revolution, the American Revolutionary War, lasted
The British Army in the American Revolution. Ganesvoort, New York: Corner House Historical Publications, 1998. Curtis, Edward E. The Organization of the British Army in the American Revolution. Cranbury, New Jersey: Scholars Bookshelf, 2005. ISBN 978-0-945726-06-7. Originally published New York: Yale University Press, 1926. [14] [2] [16]
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution is a history book by Simon Schama. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award winner for general nonfiction. [ 4 ]
The Braintree Instructions was a document sent on September 24, 1765 by the town meeting of Braintree, Massachusetts to the town's representative at the Massachusetts General Court, or legislature, which instructed the representative to oppose the Stamp Act 1765, a tax regime which had recently been adopted by the British Parliament in London.
As the British Crown and Parliament policies created an increasingly greater divide with American colonists, the Sons of Liberty organization was founded. Samuel Adams led the creation of the Committees of correspondence, including the Committee of safety, to uphold the rights of colonists and communicate and respond to noteworthy events. [2]