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- Farming activities changed little during the American Revolution. Some American farmers profited from the war, while others lost everything to hungry armies who helped themselves to the crops' harvests. Many farmers supplied the Continental Army, the army formed by the colonists for their fight for independence from Britain.
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The American Revolution was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies that began in 1775 and ended with a peace treaty in 1783. The colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America.
Not only Crèvecoeur, but thousands of farmers were thriving as colonists. If an American farmer’s aspirations could be realized within the Empire, why revolt? Why did so many farmers fight?
Many farmers supplied the Continental Army, the army formed by the colonists for their fight for independence from Britain. Some farmers were Loyalists (persons supporting the British king) and therefore supplied the British army.
The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.
What pushed the American colonies toward independence? When did the American colonies declare independence? How did Henry Hudson die?
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Oct 29, 2009 · The American Revolutionary War was an insurrection by Patriots in the 13 colonies against British rule, resulting in American independence.
List of some of the major causes and effects of the Declaration of Independence. Several years of armed conflict eventually secured international recognition of what the Declaration had proclaimed: the American colonies became independent of Great Britain and formed the United States of America.
