¶ … United States,1776-1786 Previous to 1776, the United States of America was formed by colonies ruled by British government. The colonists were no longer willing to be ruled by England, and as a result they started to fight for their independence. There were a series of important events which drove to the unification of the colonies into United States of America. Colonist complaints drove to a revolution which soon transformed into a full-scale war.

The colonists were unhappy because the British government denied them a series of essential rights. They could not trade resources with any other country but England, and in addition to that British government increased taxes significantly. In 1770 colonists started to protest against the British government. In 1773 England issued a law meant to have colonists pay taxes on tea and send the money to England. In December 1773 a group of colonists dressed as Native American attacked three English ships in Massachusetts. The colonists tossed all the boxes with tea into the sea, and as a result the event was called the Boston Tea Party.

During the First Continental Congress from 1774 colonists prepared a revolution against England. There were representatives from all thirteen colonies at this meeting. "Thomas Jefferson wrote an important document called the Declaration of Independence. It said that the people of America wanted to be free from England. The Declaration of Independence also said that "all men are created equal," and that everyone has "the right to life, liberty and happiness." (America's Fight for Independence) Although the colonist army was weaker...

Victory was possible because most of the colonists helped during the war. No matter what color or occupation they had, the majority of colonists became soldiers. The women stayed home and helped by taking care of farms, sending supplies on the front lines, and making clothes for the army.
Although the British thought that rebellions did not pose a threat, later on they realized that colonists were not alone. The revolution materialized into war in 1778 when the French stepped in and supported the colonists. Later, in 1779, the Spanish increased the intensity of the conflicts and helped develop a worldwide war. "At the end of 1780, the Dutch also joined the war as British enemies." (Stephen Conway, page 1)

British General Thomas Cage found out that colonists are gathering weapons and organizing a revolution. He sent an army to find out more about this matter. On April 19, 1775 Cage's army was stopped in Lexington by the local militia. "While the regulars had no difficulty in sweeping aside the militiamen, they soon found themselves under determined attack from much larger numbers of enraged New Englanders." (Stephen Conway, page 3) The British army destroyed the colonists' weapons, and went to shelter in Boston. Despite this, it was defeated by colonists "at the bloody Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775)." (Stephen Conway, page 3) After this the Continental Congress met and named George Washington, a gentleman from Virginia, as the commander of the Continental army.

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