The Revolutionary war was a series of battles in the american thirteen colonies to gain there indapendance from England. They fought hard and eventually got their freedom this has to be one of the most facinating times in us history. THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD The American Revolution began on April 19, 1775, with the battle of Lexington and Concord. Some time before, General Thomas Gage, the military governor of Massachusetts, had received orders from England …showed first 75 words of 6498 total…

…showed last 75 words of 6498 total…had delivered a letter from General Washington to General Cornwallis. Washington wrote that he wanted to stop the "useless effusion of blood." On the same day the British fleet left New York, General Cornwallis realized there was no hope for his army and sent a lettter replying to him and agreeing with him.: On October 19, 1781, General Cornwallis and his 7,157 men officially surrendered to General Washington. No one knew at the time, but this was the