What happened during the revolutionary war?
1775 – American Revolutionary War The Revolutionary War 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, Massachusetts, and at nearby Concord. The war lasted eight years. On Sept. 3, 1783, Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, by which it recognized the independence of the United States. Tension had been building between Great Britain and the American Colonies for more than 10 years before the Revolutionary War began. Starting in the mid-1760’s, 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 colon
Ok, this question is WAY to general. First, there has been more than one country that has had a revolutionary war. Second, even if I knew which war you were talking about books are written on that question. Do you want to know about battles, economic changes, social changes, laws, daily life? Please give more details.
