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The American Revolution War

The American Revolutionary War

For a number of years preceding 1775 conflicts between the colonists in America the people in the mainland of England , which made the eventual war nearly unavoidable . On April 14 , 1775 General Gage , who was the governor of Massachusetts , was ed by the British government to control rebellion from the colonists . He then on April 18 ed seven hundred British soldiers to destroy the colonist 's weapons depot . Paul Revere and William Dawes , in what became the famous midnight ride , rode ahead of the soldiers warning the colonists

of the impending invasion . The next morning , April 19 , 1775 , at dawn seventy militiamen met the British soldiers in a standoff . A sudden uned shot rang out , which became known as the shot heard around the world , and began the war The British soldiers returned fire and the end result was eight dead colonists and ten more wounded . The British soldiers went on to destroy the colonist 's weapons depot and supplies . After leaving there they had a long trip back to Boston , along the way they were periodically attacked by American colonists . By the time the soldiers had reached Boston , they had suffered a loss of over two hundred and fifty men

On April 23 , 1775 13 ,600 were ed to mobilize and volunteers came from all over the American colonies to set up camp around Boston . On May 10 Cam Ticonderoga was captured and General George Washington was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army The Battle of Bunker Hill , which became the first real battle of the Revolutionary War , took place on June 17 , 1775 . During the battle more than 1000 of the 2000 British soldiers were lost , but in the end the Americans ran out of ammunition allowing the British to ultimately win the battle . The Americans suffered four hundred casualties and the loss of General Joseph Warren

In July of 1775 the Americans presented a petition to the King of England in an attempt to rebuild relations with the mainland . The King however refused to look at the petition and issued a proclamation declaring the colonists as being in a state of rebellion . In return the Americans issued a counter proclamation to fight claiming they would rather die free than live as slaves

In December of 1775 the King issued a proclamation closing off all trade with the colonies , but the same month word comes through that the colonies could possibly get help from France . The help from France finally came in May of 1776 and Spain joined in . With financial assistance from the two countries , the Americans had renewed hope

In June and July of 1776 the war became very intensive . American forces defended South Carolina Fort Moultrie from a British Naval attack and caused severe damage to the British fleet . The British brought thirty battleships , 1200 cannons , 30 ,000 soldiers , 10 ,000 sailors , and 300 supply ships into New York Harbor to fight the Americans

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