American Revolutionary War - Navo

• The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War in the United States, was the rebellion of thirteen of the North American colonies of Great Britain who declared themselves independent in 1776 as the United States of America.
• The war had its origins in the constitutional resistance of Americans to taxes imposed by the British parliament in the 1760s, which they claimed were "taxation without representation." Patriot protests escalated into boycotts and the destruction of a shipment of tea at the Boston Tea Party.
• Massachusetts, formed a Continental Congress to coordinate their responses, and set up committees and conventions which effectively seized control from the colonial governments.
• In July 1776, after their last petition for redress to King George was ignored, the Continental Congress declared independence. The British were meanwhile mustering its forces to suppress the revolt.
• France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had been secretly providing money, ammunition and weapons to the revolutionaries starting early in 1776.