USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The American Revolution-also called the U.S. War of Independence-was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783 through which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies threw off British rule to establish the sovereign United States of America, founded with the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Detailed explanation-2: -By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1783 the United States received a huge territory from Great Britain as part of the peace treaty ending the revolutionary war. This new region stretched from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River, and from Canada to Spanish Florida.

Detailed explanation-4: -As a result of the Treaty of Paris, the United States was recognized by Great Britain as an independent nation. The British ceded a large amount of territory in what is today known as the American Midwest, basically everything between the original 12 colonies and the Mississippi river.

Detailed explanation-5: -On September 9, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted a new name for what had been called the “United Colonies.” The moniker United States of America has remained since then as a symbol of freedom and independence.