The American War of Independence (1775-1782), a civil war in which some of the British colonists living in America took up arms against their fellow countrymen in America and Britain to achieve self-government.
The American Revolution was the war that was fought by Patriots. Patriots were the people who were loyal to the colonies and wanted independence.
Revolutionary War.
American colonists gained their independence by fighting in a bloody war known as the American Revolutionary War.
because the American colonists gained independence from the British. other countries also had revolutionary wars to gain independence such as Mexico, Ghana, and Cameroon.
The American colonists were seeking independence from Great Britain. In order to have that independence, the American Revolutionary War was fought.
The Colonist's were being used as the bank for England. England was in terrible debt due to the wars in Europe and fighting Spain. The biggest issue was that the colonists had no right's to speak to what the British where doing to them. They were 'being taxed without representation' and had enough. If the British were to give the Colonies representation in Parliament they would kept the colonies under the crown.
The American colonists, whose army was led by George Washington, wanted to gain their freedom from Great Britain.
After the battle of Saratoga, France joined with America in the fight against Britain. Spain joined the fight (on the American colonists' side) afterwards, hoping to gain independence from British rule.
The British Parliament were imposing very high taxes on all products that were being shipped to the colonies. The colonists had no way to voice their objections within the British government because there was no one to represent them. This caused the colonists to increase their desire to gain their independence.
It began fighting in 1775. Independence was declared in 1776. The British accepted American independence by the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
The colonists in America fought against the British to gain their independence from Great Britain. Prior to the Revolutionary War the colonies belonged to Great Britain and the colonists were British subjects.
1821; it was the last country in South America to gain its independence.
The American colonists, whose army was led by George Washington, wanted to gain their freedom from Great Britain.
They were upset that they did not gain independence