By:Megan
| Who | The Colonists achieved freedom from the British | When | General Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia | Why | The American colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence and fought the British trooops |
| Great Britain | What | September 3, 1783 | Where | The American colonists were being oppressed and unfairly taxed by Britain, so they revolted and won their freedom | How |
How it Happened
The Revolutionary war was started because the American colonists didn't agree with the laws and taxes that the British were putting on them. They originally tried to settle their disputes peacefully, by sending the king a document assuring him of their loyalty and asking him to remove some of the worse laws.
He declared the colonists to be rebels, and things went on from there.
The Second Continental Congress wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence. It listed the rights they believed they should have, as well as the things they didn't like about Great Britain. Then it had them pledge their lives to each other and guarunteed the rights they would have.
They fought many battles with Great Britain, finally ending the war when General Cornwallis was forced to surrender at Yorktown, Virginia.
Then the Treaty of Paris was worked out and signed, and peace was restored. Now the colonists could have their own government, and the freedom they had strived so hard for.
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