THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
WHO
13 America Colonies & The British
WHAT
The American Revolutionary War
WHERE
North America
WHEN
Between 1765-1783
WHY
The American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy and overthrew the authority of Great Britain.
When the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia, delegates voted to form a Continental Army, with Washington as its commander in chief. British and American negotiators in Paris signed preliminary peace terms in Paris late that November. And on September 3, 1783, Great Britain formally recognized the independence of the United States in the Treaty of Paris.