RICHMOND M.

VIRAY
The revolutionary war was an insurrection by American
Patriots in the 13 colonies to British rule, resulting in
American independence. The revolutionary war (1775-
83) also known as the American Revolution, arose
from growing tensions between residents of Great
Britain’s 13 North American colonies ad the colonial
government, which represented the British crown.
France entered the American Revolution on the side of
the colonists I 1778, turning what had essentially been
a civil war into an international conflict.
1756 to 1763 – The French and Indian war, brought new
territories under the power of crown, but the expensive
conflict lead to new and unpopular taxes.

1767 - The Townshend Acts of 1767 and the Tea Act of

1773 met with heated protest among many colonists, who
resented their lack of representation in Parliament and
demanded the same rights as the other British subjects.

1770 - The colonial resistance led to violence when British

soldiers opened fire on a mob of colonists, killing five men
in what was known as the Boston Massacre.
1773 – When a band of Bostonians dressed as Mohawk
Indians boarded British ships and dumped 342 into Boston
Harbor during the Boston Tea Party, an outraged
Parliament passed series of measures. Designed to
reassert imperial authority in Massachusetts.

April 18, 1775 – Hundreds of British troops marched from

Boston to nearby Concord, Massachusetts in order to
seize an arms cache.
April 19, 1775 – Local militiamen clashed with British
soldiers in the Battles of Lexington and Concord in
Massachusetts, making the “shot heard around the world”
that signified the start of the Revolutionary war.
June 17, 1775 – The Revolution’s first major battle,
colonial forces inflicted heavy casualties on the British
regiment of General William Howe at Breed’s Hill in
Boston, known as the Battle of Bunker Hill, ended in British
victory, but lent encouragement to the revolutionary
causes.

March 1776 – The British evacuated the city, with Howe

and his men retreating to Canada to prepare a major
invasion of New York.

June 1776 – The Revolutionary War in full swing, a

growing majority of the colonists had come to favor
independence from Britain.
1777 – British strategy involved two main prongs of attack
aimed at separating New England (where the rebellion
enjoyed the most popular support) from the other colonies.

June 1778 – The America Revolution had began a conflict

between Britain and it’s colonies had become a world war.
During the long, hard winter at Valley
Forge, Washington’s troops benefited
from the training and discipline of the
Prussian military officer Baron Friedrich
Von Steuben and the leadership of the
French aristocrat Marquis de Lafayette.
June 28, 1778 – British forces under Sir. Henry Clinton
(who had replaced Howe as supreme commander)
attempted to withdraw from Philadelphia to New York,
Washington’s army attacked them near Monmouth, New
Jersey.

July 8 – French fleet commanded by the Comte d’Estaing

arrived off the Atlantic coast, ready to do battle with the
British.

1779 to 1781 – The Americans suffered a number of

setbacks including the defection of General Benedict
Arnold to the British and the first serious mutinies within
the Continental Army.
May 1780 – In South Carolina, British forces under
Lord Charles Cornwallis then began an offensive in
the region, crushing Gates’ American troops at
Camden in mid-August.

January 17, 1781 – Under Green’s command,

General Daniel Morgan scored a victory against a
British force led by Colonel Banastre Tarleton at
Cowpens, South Carolina.
1781 – Greene’s America forces has managed to force
Cornwallis and his men to withdraw to Virginia’s Yorktown
peninsula, near where the York River empties into
Chesapeake Bay.

Late 1782 – Pointed to the end of the conflict.

1783 – Great Britain formally recognized the

independence of the United States in the Treaty of Paris.
 April 19, 1775 – The Battles of Lexington and Concord
In this first battle of the American Revolution,
Massachusetts colonist defied British authority,
outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats and embarked
on a lengthy war to earn their independence. Battle
ended by the American victory. The British marched into
Lexington and Concord intending to suppress the
possibility of rebellion by seizing weapons from the
colonists. Instead their actions sparked the first battle of
the Revolutionary War. The colonists’ intricate alarm
system summoned local militia companies, enabling
them to successfully counter the British Threat.
 June 6, 1775 – The Battle of Bunker (Breed’s) Hill
The American Patriots were defeated at the Battle of
Bunker Hill, but they proved they could hold their own
against the superior British Army. The fierce fight
confirmed that any reconciliation between England and her
American colonies was no longer possible. It ended by the
British victory, the battle was a tactical victory for the
British, but it was a sobering experience. The British
sustained twice as many casualties as the Americans and
lost many officers. After the engagement, the patriots
retreated and returned to their lines outside the perimeter
of Boston.
 August 27, 1776 – The Battle of Brooklyn, N.Y.
George Washington’s efforts to fortify New York City from
a British attack led to the Revolutionary War’s biggest
battle. The crushing defeat for the Americans allowed
Britain to hold the valuable port until the end of the war. It
ended by the British victory, shortly after fighting began,
the British cornered Washington and 9,000 of his men in
Brooklyn Heights. He was surrounded on all his sides with
the East River to his back and no feasible means of
winning the battle. Instead of surrendering, Washington
evacuated the army and retreated to Manhattan, a decision
that saved the Continental Army and the patriot cause.
December 26, 1776 – The Battle of Trenton, N.J.

December 26, 1776 – The Battle of Trenton, N.J.

January 3, 1777 – The Battle of Princeton

October 7, 1777 – The Battle of Saratoga

December 29, 1778 – The Capture of Savannah

March 29, 1780 – The Siege of Charleston

January 17, 1781 – The Battle of Cowpens

October 10, 1781 – The Battle of Yorktown

 What were the populations of the two sides?

Great Britain – Eight million residents in 1775 and the 13

colonies about 2.5 million. (half a million were slaves)
Philadelphia, Pa, - 43,000
New York, N.Y. – 25,000
Boston, MA – 16,000
Charleston S.C. – 12,000
Newport, R.I. – 11,000
Virginia – 447,016
Pennsylvania – 240,057
Massachusetts – 235,308
Maryland – 202,599
 What many were killed and wounded?

6,800 - Americans were killed in action

6,100 - wounded
20,000 – taken as prisoner
17,000 – Historian believe that deaths were result of
disease, including the 8,000-12,000 who died while
prisoners of war.
24,000 – The total casualties for British regulars fighting in
the Revolutionary War.
1,200 – Hessian soldiers were killed
6,354 – died because of disease
5,500 – Deserted and settled in America afterward.
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