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America wins and starts their new country

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1775:
First shots fired in the battles of Lexington and Concord
1776:
British commanders started easily winning battles
After just two days of fighting the Americans lost 1407 soldiers while the British only lost 377
Washington was forced to retreat back home, but he wasn't giving up
1776 part 2:
Washington takes command of the army
Washington started to win battles, especially one on Christmas morning where he sneaks attacked the Hessians in Trenton and took 868 prisoners without losing a single man
1776 part 3:
A turning point happened in Saratoga where America won a battle and survived long enough for France and Spain to aid them
They gave them a ton of extra resources and men to help them win more battles
1780:
War moves south
Washington sent General Greene to slow the British
Guerrillas help slow the British and keep their army frantic
1780 part 2:
The battle of Yorktown
Washington surrounded a huge chunk of the British army
He pushed them back to there base at the shore of Yorktown and surrounded the mass army with the help of navy support from France
Together they forced a surrender from Britain and America won the war.

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George Washington:
best leader for america
Made great strategy's to help poor and low experienced generals.
Made the strategy and plan that won the war for America

Indians and Blacks:
Fought well for both sides
Made huge majority's for armies even though they had less population
Fought even though they didn't get freedom from slavery or discrimination

Women:
Fought behind the scenes of the war
fired artillery
healed wounds
supported soldiers
wrote about war information to the civilians

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Strengths Of the Colonies:
More motivation to fight
Better leadership with George Washington
Home territory
More information about the war than the British
Weaknesses of the Colonies:
Poor technology
Little to no military training
Had some people in their own lands against them such as loyalists and loyal natives fighting for England.

Strengths of England:
good tech
Good military training
More experience
Weaknesses of England:
Long distance to travel and relay messages
Most citizens didn't know what they were fighting for
Poor leadership from generals and the king
No strategy to beat the colonists

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Many people see the declaration as a heavily agreed-upon form of writing that saved America but really it was something else. For example on page 66 in Zinn it says " people chanted in the streets saying, Tyranny is Tyranny let it come from whom it may". This shows that the reality of the declaration was to get support for soldiers to help defeat England but also it wanted to protect the rich welfare of the colonies. It did not address all people and it also started many arguments and fights later on in American history. The declaration did work, it started the revolutionary war and it mainly affects the poor and colored people of America.

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The declaration of Independence was written by the founding fathers of America mainly Thomas Jefferson. The reason they wrote this declaration was to show the colonies they do not need Britain to live. They wanted to show the world that the king has done unjust things and that we have a better life without him. They promote equality and the pursuit of happiness as something the colonies can provide on their own. It also protected the money and jobs of the people in the colonies. While some of these problems and statements can be debated to be false the point made was that they wrote all men are equal on paper for the first time in history.

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In result to all these events intolerable acts were created, to try to put strict laws on the colonies such as not supplying them materials but this just united the colonies more as they provided for each other they realized they would be better on their own.

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Boston tea party in response to the tea taxes. 

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Many of the boycotts and protests of the acts and taxes took some wrong turns, such as the Boston Massacre. Many angry colonists who did not like the new taxes started to insult and mock the British soldiers and their commander Thomas Preston, the words turned to snowballs, then to balls of ice, then became an assault of rocks. The commander instead of fleeing the area shot some of the protesters and in the aftermath of gunshots, 5 Bostonians were killed. As a result of this, the tea act was made to be a more strict rule on the colonies but the already enraged colonists angry about the massacre decided to boycott and rebel once again. On December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians to get on a ship transporting tea. Once they snuck onto the ship they proceeded to dump 90,000s pounds of tea into the harbor as a protest to the acts of England.

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These acts were made to tax the colonist on their money and rights. For example, the Quartering act made it so that the colonial assembly had to provide British soldiers with housing which cost a ton of money and effort. Another example is the Townshend act which made it so that certain goods like glass, paint, paper, and tea were taxed. Many people boycotted this by not buying certain items or making their own.

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One tax was the stamp act which required every colonist who bought newspapers, wills, licenses, and even playing cards to be stamped. Many petitions and boycotts were made to try to stop this from happening, as the colonists said " No taxation without representation!". This meant they were okay with taxes, not taxes that weren't documented in the colonial laws.

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The British after fighting in the French and Indian war were very broke due to the number of troops spent protecting native America, to try to gain land. To solve this the new King, King George lll started to Tax the Colonies heavily.