American Revolution Conflicts

The First Conflicts are five main sources of contention that eventually lead to the American Revolution. They are the Stamp Act (March 22, 1765), Townshend Acts (June 14, 1767 - July 2, 1767), Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770), Boston Tea Party (December 17, 1773), and the Intolerable or Coercive Acts (May 14, 1774). The Stamp Act was a tax enforced upon colonists which was intended to pay British troops stationed there. The Townshend Act increased payment to officials stationed in the colonies. This was meant to ensure that the governors and judges would comply with Britain. The Boston Massacre happened when a British soldier shot and killed five colonists causing outrage among them. The Boston Tea Party was when the colonists decided to dump

Us Americans began to get tired of the British and their unjust laws. It started as simple skirmishes between British troops and the colonials, it then escalated to armed combat. It didn't start as full on war, first, a group of highly respected colonists gathered to declare their grievances against Great Britain. These colonists include George Washington, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and John Jay. However, independence was not yet declared. Shortly after, they decided to declare independence from Britain (not the Declaration of Independence yet). The delegates voted to form a "Continental Army" soon after, with George Washington as their general. The colonies started to favor independence after the war was in full swing. In 1776, the colonies adopted the "Declaration of Independence," at the same time however, Britain sent a large naval fleet, along with 36,000 soldiers, to crush the rebellion once and for all, because of this, George Washington was forced to retreat from New

With a force of 14,000 colonists advancing on Yorktown, and the French navy preventing reinforcements for the British, the choice for them was obvious, they surrendered. and left in peace. That victory was the end of the war, however the fighting still did not stop, as there were still some British stragglers raiding settlements. The fighting stopped on September 3, 1783, when Great Britain finally recognized the American's independence. The official end of the American Revolution was the Treaty of Paris in 1783, signed as an official acknowledgement of American Independence.

After the war, the countries of the world all recognized the new country's independence. The newborn county, proudly named the United States of America, went through some difficult times, Even some of our greatest accomplishments, such as the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, have been vastly affected by this revolutionary