Learn Together: American Revolution

The American Revolution or American Revolutionary War occurred when the thirteen American colonies broke from the British empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America.

Americans rejected the authority of the British to tax them without representation and protests escalated at the Boston Tea Party of 1773.

The British returned in force in July 1776, landing in New York and defeating George Washington’s Continental Army at the Battle of Brooklyn in August, one of the largest engagements of the war. After the Battle of Brooklyn, the British requested a meeting with representatives from Congress to negotiate an end to hostilities.

A delegation including John Adams and Benjamin Franklin met William Howe on Staten Island in New York Harbor on September 11, in what became known as the Staten Island Peace Conference. Howe demanded a retraction of the Declaration of Independence, which was refused. The British then quickly seized New York City and nearly captured General Washington. They made the city their main political and military base of operations in North America, holding it until November 1783.[1]

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