The British Involvement During The American Revolution

The British military was considered the strongest in the world at the outreach of fighting between England and the American colonies in 1775. Britain had just defeated France and the Indians in the Seven Years War and had attained its prominence as a world’s superpower. Yet despite Britain’s overpowering military dominance, the British found themselves unable to subdue General Washington and the American colonies. The American’s success in achieving independence during the American Revolution was not due to General Washington’s strategic skill but by numerous British blunders. The British mistakes during

“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fear the people, there is liberty.” The British government was feared by the American colonists in the seventeen hundreds, so that means there was tyranny. The American colonists were justified in fighting a war to break away from Britain because they were not being represented by Britain, and King George was abusing his power on them.

So we can look at General George Washington’s tactics of “engage, retreat and exhaust the enemy”, we can look at significant battles such as Bunker Hill, Fort Ticonderoga, and most certainly the shocking outcome at Saratoga, and we clearly see that Patriot resistance to the British forces in New England and New York

The Revolutionary War is enshrined in American memory as the beginning of a new nation born in freedom. (The Saratoga Chamber of Commerce, 1999) On 17 October 1777, the surrender of the British during the Battle of Saratoga proved to the world that the American Army was an effective fighting force. The American victory at Saratoga was a major turning point in the America’s fight for Independence. This victory also resulted in needed military support from European powers, particularly France, against the British Empire. (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2006) The major factors that led to the British downfall during the Battle of Saratoga were their lack of

The American Revolution was far from being the first conflict to occur on the soil of the New World. There were multiple skirmishes, battles, and official wars fought in the territory that resulted in severe bloodshed before the idea of the American Revolution was even conceived. One of the most significant of these wars was the French and Indian War or as it was known in Europe, the Seven Years’ War. At its conclusion in 1763, the Treaty of Paris was signed. The English received a substantial amount of new land for the Empire (94). However, with the acquisition of new land and a significant amount of debt from the extensive war efforts, the British government had to reevaluate many of their policies (95-96). After the Treaty of Paris of 1763, the British were confident in their mastery of North America. However by attempting to tighten their control over their American colonies they initiated a series of poorly thought out programs and policies which resulted in a disastrous rebellion.

The 1760s were a difficult time period for all those involved in it, but mainly the colonists. As 1776 approached, many colonists were ready to declare independence from Britain. The Parliament and King George III imposed a series of Acts on the colonists that, from their point of view, were fair and necessary. However, the colonists viewed the Acts as intruding on their right to a voice in the government. Of the seven acts, the three most influential in causing the revolutionary war were the Quartering Act, Proclamation Act, and Townshend Act.

The British had more people and were much better trained, yet they still lost. There main weapon was the Brown Bess musket It was capable of firing approximately three to four shots per minute. There weapons didn't have a much range as the Continental Army's weaponsThe British were not trying to wipe out the Colonists, they were only trying to regain control. There first plan was to the American Revolution in Massachusetts and prevent it from spreading. After this failed, the British decided to capture New York. They succeeded and initiated the next part of there plan, which was to isolate New England, the heart of the revolution. This idea failed though because it wasn’t executed according to plan. It all went wrong when General Howe, decided to led his troops to Philadelphia , where the seat of the Continental Congress was located, and capture the city. As a result, the battle of Saratoga happened which lead to the loss of many British soldiers. Afterword the British decided to focus there efforts on the south and had many military victories. After the British lost the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia and British General Cornwallis was forced to surrender more than 8,000 troops, British Prime Minister Lord North reacted to the news by exclaiming “Oh God! It is all over!” The military failures, the high cost of the war, a mounting national debt and a possible global war, was too much for the British and

Up until the 1700s, all Europeans had known was an absolute monarchy as a government. Monarchs often answered to no other government officials, and consequently, abused their power to oppress lower classes. Men began meeting in secret salons to discuss what needed to be changed in order to fix this, subsequently beginning enlightenment ideas. John Locke, a prominent English enlightenment thinker, believed that citizens had the right to rebel against an unfair government. As a result, America’s Revolution against Britain was sparked.

The colonists victory against the british in the American Revolution had a lot of parts. Many ask the age old question, how were the colonists able to win against the more powerful british. The colonists during the american revolution were less experienced compared to the british but with help from the french, their battle tactics and the determination of the soldiers they were able to be victorious.

Therefore, the British could not have been victorious in their conflict against the American Colonies with the reasoning behind the war. Causes such as the Americans having a "Home Field Advantage", Britain's distance from the motherland country, French involvements on the side of the Americans, and American Patriotism. The four reasons accounted for are leading purposes, why the British could not have been victorious in the Revolutionary War. First, American had a "Home Field Advantage" from start to end of the War.

The four most important mistakes the British made during the American Revolution were their poor logistics, their imagined strength of loyalists, incompetent actions of military commanders, and….

So mismanaged were the British forces in the American Revolutionary War that on multiple occasions King George III, his parliament, and his generals made great uncoordinated decisions with lasting and disastrous impact. Three instances of British mismanagement in particular helped lose the war: the failure of George III and Parliament to consider requests and demands from colonists regarding tax pressures, William Howe’s invasion of Philadelphia (accompanied, of course, by Burgoyne’s loss at Saratoga), and the British expectation that they would be greeted as liberators when they arrived in the southern colonies. Each of these missteps

On July 4, 1776, the Founding Fathers along with members from the Thirteen Colonies signed the Declaration of Independence, stating that all men are created equal and that they had the right to have life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. This document would become the United States’ birthright and the ability to change its own government. By then, it would take another seven years before the United States could win and become a republic. One agreement from the Treaty of Paris included the fact that the country would have full access to the Midwest territories east of the Mississippi River that was once under British control. However, the British American relations remained hostile, which would lead to another war in 1812. Moreover, the government would not become a true democracy that was represented by the people instead of the upper class for at least the next decade. The American Revolution fostered change in colonial North America’s

How did the American Revolution war effected the British? The American revolutionary war effected the British very hard way. However, were going to talk about how it affected it finically, politically, diplomatic and imperial. The British have been through a after the American Revolution war and they have been financially worried also there government was going through issues and how they had to resolve those issues. However, there are issues in the diplomatic and imperial way during the war.

The British were responsible for causing the American Revolution because they put unfair limitations on the colonies. One of Great Britain’s limits on the colonies was the Proclamation of 1763. The Proclamation of 1763 states that the colonies can not expand their reign west of the Appalachian Mountain and the Indians could not move east towards the East Cost (Hakim 36). Britain was scared that as the colonies grew in population and in power, along with the Indians and French that were in the New World, that they would not be able to contain all of them (Hakim 36). Britain was scared that the Colonies would continue to grow in power and the risk of overthrowing Britain was an immanent threat (Class notes). Britain thought it was best to put these limitations on the colonies to prevent that from happening. The people in the colonies were forced to stay east of the Appalachians without a say from their Colonial Assemblies. This upset the colonies and they sent letter after letter to Great Britain to try to break this law but Britain would not give the colonies any say. Britain was not the only person to blame. The colonies acted immaturely to this proclamation. The colonists thought that land was perfectly fine and did not care much about the British demand. When the colonies did not follow Britain rules, Britain was upset and created taxes on the colonies. This downward spiral continued until the colonies and Great Britain were at each others throats. They kept going back and