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"These are the
times that try men's' souls. The summer soldier and the
sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service
of their country; bur that stands it now, deserves the love
and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny.....is not easily
conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the
harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." Thomas
Paine, Intro to the The Crisis, December 19, 1776
The American Revolution 1775-1783
"The
American Revolution was the political upheaval
during the last half of the 18th century in which
thirteen colonies in
North America joined together to break free from
the
British Empire, combining to become the
United States of America. They first rejected
the authority of the
Parliament of Great Britain to govern them from
overseas without representation, and then expelled
all royal officials. By 1774, each colony had
established a
Provincial Congress, or an equivalent
governmental institution, to govern itself, but
still within the empire. The British responded by
sending combat troops to re-impose direct rule.
Through representatives sent in 1775 to the
Second Continental Congress, the states joined
together at first to defend their respective
self-governance and manage the armed conflict
against the British known as the
American Revolutionary War (1775–83, also
American War of Independence). Ultimately, the
states collectively determined that the British
monarchy, by acts of
tyranny, could no longer
legitimately claim their
allegiance. They then severed ties with the
British Empire in July 1776, when the Congress
issued the
United States Declaration of Independence,
rejecting the monarchy on behalf of the new
sovereign nation separate and external to the
British Empire. The war ended with effective
American victory in October 1781, followed by formal
British abandonment of any claims to the United
States with the
Treaty of Paris in 1783."
Source:Wikipedia
"The
American Revolution was the political upheaval
during the last half of the 18th century in which