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This was a fight between the French and Great Britain to determine control of the vast colonial territory of North America. The cause of this war was when the American Indians were fighting to maintain control of their land and culture. The effect was that the disputes over subsequent, and the ultimately to the American Revolution.
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The British needed a large army in North America as a consequence and the British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, which they had to raise money to pay for the army through tax.
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The Townshend Act was to help pay the expenses involved in the government about the American colonies. The main purpose of this act was that he wanted to collect money from the colonies, but he also wanted more power for Britain.
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It was a series of four laws that was passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
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The American Revolution was caused by the colonial opposition to British taxation act, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Part, and the Intolerable Act. The American colonists won the political independence and had eventually formed the United States of America that was led by General George Washington.
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The 13 American colonies served their political connection to Great Britain. The colonists motivation for seeking independence.
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The Article of Confederation was a document written to establish the function for the nation's government of the U.S. after it had declared their independence from Great Britain.
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Burgoyne surrendered the battle with American General Horatio Gates near Saratoga. British losing men and defenses during both engagements, Burgoyne had retreated with weakened army and had surrendered.
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American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army n peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and was forced to surrender and Cornwallis surrendered his army of more than 7,000 men.
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The American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and had formally recognized the US as an independent nation.