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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the American Revolutionary War.
American Revolutionary War – war of independence between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States that was fought from April 19, 1775 to September 3, 1783. The war was fought as part of the broader American Revolution, in which the Thirteen Colonies made a declaration of independence in response to disputes regarding political representation. The conflict took place in the present-day Eastern United States, which the Thirteen Colonies successfully defended with the assistance of French, Dutch, and Spanish support. American victory led to the creation of the United States.
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This article is an orphan as no other articles link to it Please introduce links to this page from related articles try the Find link tool for suggestions July 2023 The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the American Revolutionary War American Revolutionary War war of independence between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States that was fought from April 19 1775 to September 3 1783 The war was fought as part of the broader American Revolution in which the Thirteen Colonies made a declaration of independence in response to disputes regarding political representation The conflict took place in the present day Eastern United States which the Thirteen Colonies successfully defended with the assistance of French Dutch and Spanish support American victory led to the creation of the United States Contents 1 Background 1 1 Acts of Great Britain 2 Participants 2 1 Great Britain 2 2 United States 2 2 1 Support from 2 3 Neutral parties 3 Campaigns and theaters 3 1 Northern theater 3 1 1 Boston campaign 3 1 2 Invasion of Quebec 3 1 3 Nova Scotia campaign 3 1 4 New York and New Jersey campaign 3 1 5 Saratoga campaign 3 1 6 Philadelphia campaign 3 1 7 Northern theater after Saratoga 3 2 Southern theater 3 2 1 Gulf Coast campaign 3 2 2 Yorktown campaign 3 3 Western theater 3 3 1 Illinois campaign 3 4 Atlantic theater 4 People 4 1 Leaders 4 2 Military forces 4 3 Demographics 5 Practices 5 1 DiplomacyBackground editColonial history of the United States French and Indian War American Enlightenment American Revolution No taxation without representation Boston Tea PartyActs of Great Britain edit Royal Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act 1764 Currency Act Quartering Acts Quartering Act 1765 Quartering Act 1774 Stamp Act 1765 Declaratory Act Revenue Act of 1766 Townshend Acts New York Restraining Act 1767 Revenue Act 1767 Indemnity Act 1767 Commissioners of Customs Act 1767 Vice Admiralty Court Act 1768 Tea Act 1773 Intolerable Acts Boston Port Act Massachusetts Government Act Administration of Justice Act 1774 Quartering Act 1774 Quebec Act Conciliatory Resolution Restraining Acts 1775 New England Trade and Fisheries Act Trade Act 1775 Proclamation of Rebellion Prohibitory ActParticipants editGreat Britain edit nbsp Kingdom of Great Britain Cherokee nbsp Hessians nbsp Iroquois Confederacy Cayuga Mohawk Onondaga Seneca Mi kmaq Muscogee Odawa Shawnee Susquehannock Loyalists fighting in the American RevolutionUnited States edit nbsp United States of America Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia Abenaki Catawba Cheraw Chickasaw Choctaw nbsp Kingdom of France Lenape Mi kmaq Mohicans Oneida Pedee Seminole Tuscarora nbsp Vermont RepublicSupport from edit nbsp Dutch Republic nbsp Kingdom of SpainNeutral parties edit Nantucket during the American Revolutionary War era nbsp Russia and the American RevolutionCampaigns and theaters editMain article List of battles of the American Revolutionary WarConflicts between forces of at least 1 000 soldiers are denoted in bold Northern theater edit Main article Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War Boston campaign edit Main article Boston campaign Powder Alarm September 1 1774 Battles of Lexington and Concord April 19 1775 Battle of Menotomy April 19 1775 Siege of Boston April 19 1775 March 17 1776 Battle of Chelsea Creek May 27 1775 May 28 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill June 17 1775 Battle of Machias June 11 1775 June 12 1775 Fortification of Dorchester Heights March 4 1776 March 5 1776 Battle off Fairhaven May 14 1775 Battle of Gloucester August 8 1775 Burning of Falmouth October 18 1775 Knox Expedition November 17 1775 January 25 1776 Invasion of Quebec edit Main article Invasion of Quebec 1775 Capture of Fort Ticonderoga May 10 1775 Siege of Fort St Jean September 17 1775 November 3 1775 Battle of Longue Pointe September 25 1775 Benedict Arnold s expedition to Quebec September 11 1775 November 9 1775 Battle of Quebec 1775 December 31 1775 Battle of Saint Pierre March 25 1776 Battle of the Cedars May 18 1776 May 27 1776 Battle of Trois Rivieres June 8 1776 Battle of Valcour Island October 11 1776 Nova Scotia campaign edit Main article Nova Scotia in the American Revolution Raid on St John August 27 1775 Raid on Charlottetown November 17 1775 November 18 1775 Raid on Yarmouth December 5 1775 Raid on Canso September 22 1776 November 22 1776 Battle of Fort Cumberland November 10 1776 November 29 1776 Battle off Yarmouth March 28 1777 St John River expedition June 2 1777 June 30 1777 Capture of USS Hancock July 8 1777 July 9 1777 Battle off Liverpool April 24 1778 Battle off Halifax July 10 1780 Battle of Blomindon May 21 1781 Action of 21 July 1781 July 21 1781 Raid on Annapolis Royal August 29 1781 Battle off Halifax May 28 1782 May 29 1782 Raid on Chester June 30 1782 Raid on Lunenburg July 1 1782 New York and New Jersey campaign edit Main article New York and New Jersey campaign Battle of Long Island August 26 1776 Landing at Kip s Bay September 15 1776 Battle of Harlem Heights September 16 1776 Battle of Pell s Point October 18 1776 Battle of Mamaroneck October 22 1776 Battle of White Plains October 28 1776 Battle of Fort Washington November 16 1776 Battle of Fort Lee November 20 1776 Ambush of Geary December 14 1776 Battle of Iron Works Hill December 22 1776 December 23 1776 Battle of Trenton December 26 1776 George Washington s crossing of the Delaware River December 25 1776 Battle of the Assunpink Creek January 2 1777 Battle of Princeton January 3 1777 Battle of Millstone January 20 1777 Saratoga campaign edit Main article Saratoga campaign Siege of Fort Ticonderoga 1777 July 2 1777 July 6 1777 Battle of Hubbardton July 7 1777 Battle of Fort Anne July 8 1777 Siege of Fort Stanwix August 2 1777 August 22 1777 Battle of Oriskany August 6 1777 Battle of Bennington August 16 1777 Battles of Saratoga Battle of Freeman s Farm September 19 1777 Battle of Bemis Heights October 7 1777 Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery October 6 1777 Burning of Kingston October 16 1777 Philadelphia campaign edit Main article Philadelphia campaign Battle of Bound Brook April 13 1777 Battle of Short Hills June 26 1777 Battle of Staten Island August 22 1777 Battle of Cooch s Bridge September 3 1777 Battle of Brandywine September 11 1777 Battle of the Clouds September 16 1777 Battle of Paoli September 20 1777 Siege of Fort Mifflin September 26 1777 November 16 1777 Battle of Germantown October 4 1777 Battle of Red Bank October 22 1777 Battle of Gloucester November 25 1777 Battle of White Marsh December 5 1777 December 8 1777 Battle of Matson s Ford December 11 1777 Battle of Quinton s Bridge March 18 1778 Clow Rebellion April 14 1778 April 17 1778 Battle of Crooked Billet May 1 1778 Battle of Barren Hill May 20 1778 Battle of Monmouth June 28 1778 Northern theater after Saratoga edit Main article Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War after Saratoga Battle of Cobleskill May 30 1778 Battle of Wyoming July 3 1778 Attack on German Flatts September 17 1778 Baylor massacre September 27 1778 Battle of Edgar s Lane September 30 1778 Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga October 2 1778 October 16 1778 Carleton s Raid October 24 1778 November 14 1778 Cherry Valley massacre November 11 1778 Battle of Stony Point July 16 1779 Battle of Minisink July 19 1779 July 22 1779 Sullivan Expedition June 18 1779 October 3 1779 Battle of Newtown August 29 1779 Boyd and Parker ambush September 13 1779 Battle of Paulus Hook August 19 1779 Battle of Young s House February 3 1780 Battle of Connecticut Farms June 7 1780 Battle of Springfield June 23 1780 Battle of Bull s Ferry July 20 1780 July 21 1780 Royalton raid October 16 1780 Battle of Klock s Field October 19 1780 Battle of Pine s Bridge May 14 1781 Battle of Johnstown October 25 1781 Southern theater edit Main article Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War Gulf Coast campaign edit Main article Gulf Coast campaign Yorktown campaign edit Main article Yorktown campaign Western theater edit Main article Western theater of the American Revolutionary War Siege of Fort Henry September 1777 Siege of Boonesborough September 7 1778 September 18 1778 Siege of Fort Vincennes February 23 1779 February 25 1779 Siege of Fort Laurens February 22 1779 March 20 1779 Battle of Chillicothe May 1779 Battle of St Louis May 25 1780 Bird s invasion of Kentucky May 25 1780 August 4 1780 Battle of Piqua August 8 1780 La Balme s Defeat November 5 1780 Brodhead s Coshocton expedition April 1781 Lochry s Defeat August 24 1781 Long Run massacre September 13 1781 September 14 1781 Gnadenhutten massacre March 8 1782 Battle of Little Mountain March 22 1782 Crawford expedition May 25 1782 June 12 1782 Siege of Bryan Station August 15 1782 August 17 1782 Battle of Blue Licks August 19 1782 Siege of Fort Henry September 11 1782 September 13 1782 Battle of Arkansas Post April 17 1783 Illinois campaign edit Main article Illinois campaign Clark s journey down the Ohio May 12 1778 May 27 1778 Occupation of the Illinois Country June 1778 Hamilton retakes Vincennes December 17 1778 Clark s trek to Vincennes February 1779 Siege of Fort Sackville February 23 1779 February 25 1779 Atlantic theater edit Main article Naval battles of the American Revolutionary WarPeople editLeaders edit Great Britain Head of state George III Head of government Frederick North Lord North Charles Watson Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham William Petty 2nd Earl of Shelburne Commander in Chief of the Forces Jeffery Amherst 1st Baron Amherst Henry Seymour Conway United States Commander in chief George Washington France Absolute monarch Louis XVIMilitary forces edit Continental Army United States militia units Continental Navy British Army Royal NavyDemographics edit African Americans in the Revolutionary War Black Loyalist Dunmore s Proclamation Philipsburg Proclamation Jewish Americans in the Revolutionary War Native Americans in the Revolutionary War Women in the American Revolutionary WarPractices editFinancial costs of the American Revolutionary War Intelligence in the American Revolutionary War Prisoners of war in the American Revolutionary WarDiplomacy edit Main article Diplomacy in the American Revolutionary War Letters to the inhabitants of Canada Conciliatory Resolution Olive Branch Petition Treaty of Watertown Staten Island Peace Conference Franco American alliance Treaty of Alliance Carlisle Peace Commission Treaty of Fort Pitt First League of Armed Neutrality Treaty of Paris Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Outline of the American Revolutionary War amp oldid 1182624056, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
