The_American_Revolution

The American Revolution Many historians trace the beginnings of the modern world to the Revolutions of the late 1700's. The first of these was the American Revolution, in which 13 British Colonies in North America declared their independence from their mother country and successfully resisted British Military pressure for seven years (1775-1783). Even before the Declaration of Independence was signed, British troops began arriving to put down the rebellion. These troops would not leave for five years. In 1775, the first military conflicts between the British and Americans occurred at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts as British soldiers attempted to capture a storehouse of American weapons. During this time the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and named George Washington commander of American troops fighting around Boston, which the British had under siege. Before Washington arrived, British and American troops clashed at Breed’s Hill and Bunker Hill. In 1776, Thomas Paine, a writer arrived from Britain, and he published Common Sense, a pamphlet that urged the American colonies to throw off British rule. The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia after the Second Continental Congress decided that the colonies must break away from the British rule. The British finally left Boston but they british, american, war, states, troops, new, united, revolution, independence, captured, americans, washington, treaty, military, government, congress, colonies, under, south, soldiers, signed, second, pennsylvania, loyalists, john, great, french, first, during, country, continental, britain, between, 13