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Why Was The Revolutionary War Called The American Revolution

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Revolutionary war in America led to the birth of a new nation-the United States. The war, which is also called the American Revolution, was fought between Great Britain and its 13 colonies that lay along the Atlantic Ocean in North America. The war began on April 19, 1775, when British soldiers and American patriots clashed at Lexington, Mass., and at nearby Concord. The war lasted eight years. Tension had been building between Great Britain and the American colonies for more than 10 years before the British government passed a series of laws to increase its control over the colonies. Americans had grown used to a large measure of self-government. They strongly resisted the new laws, especially tax laws. Fierce debate developed over the British Parliament’s right to tax the colonies without their consent.

The disobedience of the American colonies angered the British government. In 1775, Britain’s parliament declared Massachusetts-the site of much protest-to be in rebellion. The British government ordered its troops in Boston to take swift action against the rebels. The Revolutionary War broke out soon afterward. July 4, …show more content…

Delegates from the colonies formed the Continental Congress, which took on the duties of a national government. The Congress directed the war effort and voted to organize an army and a navy. It appointed George Washington, a wealthy Virginia landowner and former military officer, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. As a result of the Revolutionary War, the 13 British colonies threw off royal rule. In its place, they established governments ruled by law and dedicated to the guarantee of certain basic rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Thus, the British colonies became the United States of America. . On Sept. 3, 1783. Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, by which it recognized the Independence of the United

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