The Revolutionary War waged by the American colonies against Britain influenced political ideas around the globe, as a small fledgling nation won its freedom from the greatest military force of its time.
What we know fondly as the “Stars and Stripes” was adopted by the Continental Congress as the official American flag onJune 14, 1777, during the Revolutionary War. Colonial troops fought under many different flags with various symbols—rattlesnakes, pine trees, and eagles—and slogans—”Don’...
1777) conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne’s(约翰·伯戈因) army in the American Revolutionary War (known outside the US as the American War of Independence) and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war. The...
Declaration of Independence announced by Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia that the thirteen colonies currently at war with Britain now considered themselves an independent nation, the United States of America, and no longer under British rule. Declaration was passed with no dissenting votes two...
The nation’s first settlers adopted the British militia system, which required all able-bodied men between 16 and 60 to bear arms. Some 100,000 men served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Probably twice that number soldiered as militiamen, for the most part defending the...
The Grand Union Flag 3rd December 1775 By the end of 1775, during the first year of the American Revolutionary War, the Second Continental Congress operated as a de facto war government authorized the creation of an Army, a Navy and even a Marine Corps. A new flag was required to represen...
These issues led to the War of 1812, which solidified American control of the West and respect for their flag on the sea. The results of the Revolutionary War damaged Britain globally, opening advantageous trade routes and a sympathetic American government to the British arch-rival, the French....
The Revolutionary War officer-turned traitor had a brilliant strategy—except that everything went wrong. See All Articles About the author SM Suzanne McGee Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! HISTORY revie...
Also documented are the vital contributions of African Americans and Native Americans in the struggle and the roles of Revolutionary War heroines such as Kate Barry, Emily Geiger, Rebecca Brewton Motte, and Dorcas Nelson Richardson. The origins of the South Carolina state flag and seal in the ...
What happened right after the Revolutionary War ended? It's easy to think the United States of America was born immediately after the British ...