Fast+Facts+about+American+Revolution

= American Revolution //Questions// and //Answers// =


 * **//When did the American Revolution start//**? 1775.


 * **//Why did the American Revolution happen?//** Colonists in America wanted to be free from England's laws and taxes.


 * **//Why did colonist want to be free from England?//** The colonists thought the laws and taxes that the British made were unfair.


 * **//Why did England tax colonists in the first place?//** The English government passed laws to collect money from the colonists. England needed money to pay for the French and Indian War and to pay their soldiers in America. The English also wanted to control the colonies.


 * **//Did England and the colonies ever get along?//** Ten years before the American Revolution, there was a lot of tension between England and the colonies.


 * **//How did the colonists come up with the idea to go to war?//** The colonies had no central government at the beginning of the war, so representatives from each of the colonies were sent to form the F**irst Continental Congress**.


 * **//Who was the leader of the colonists?//** George Washington, a army officer and wealthy Virginian, was given the title Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.


 * **//Did the colonists ever try to peacefully talk to England before fighting with them?//** Members of the Continental Congress wrote a letter to King George of England telling him about their complaints. The colonists "declared their independence" from England. (This is known as the **Declaration of Independence**.)


 * **//When did the colonists declare their independence?//** On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress agreed to the Declaration of Independence.


 * **//When did the American Revolution end?//** The war ended in 1783. The colonist won their freedom from England. The United States of America was born.