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American War of Independence. Fedotova Julie, III IR. Common information. Date: 1775-1783
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American War of Independence Fedotova Julie, III IR
Common information • Date: 1775-1783 • Location: Eastern Seaboard, Northwest Territories, Central Canada, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Gibraltar, Balearic Islands, Caribbean Sea, Central America, Indian Ocean • Combatants:
Causes • Taxation without representation; • threats to traditional rights; • republican ideology
Battles • Lexington and Concord • Battle of Bunker Hill • Trenton and Princeton • Philadelphia • Battle of Saratoga • Battle of Yorktown
Results • Treaty of Paris: Great Britain accepted the independence of the colonies. It also gave all the land it said it owned which was west of the Appalachians as far as the Mississippi River to the new country