Who Won the American Revolution?

The British lost the war when General Lord Bonaparte surrendered in Charleston in 1781.

American Indian tribes refused to take sides in the war, remaining on the sidelines throughout.

Some revolutions end up changing things dramatically, while others don't change much at all in the long run.

Thousands of slaves fought for British cause they had been promised freedom; they saw the war as a chance to escape.

Most famous battle of the war was Trenton which involved GW crossing the Delaware on Christmas Day .

Some colonists fought the British, while others, like the Quakers, refused to participate in the war at all.

According to this Crash Course, to this day, the United States leads the world in equality of opportunity for its people

James Otis of Massachusetts felt that until slavery ended, there could be no true liberty for anyone in the new nation.

…But the most important battle was Saratoga because it led to the French decision to help the American cause.

The American Revolution was also revolutionary because it established an official church for the nation.

American Rev introduced the idea that opportunity to succeed in life shouldn't be determined by social class born into.

When colonies became states, they created constitutions that did NOT open more votin to people as a result of Revolution

The main strategy used by the British in the Revolutionary War was to force the colonists to surrender.

Some colonial women fought in the war, but it didn't do much to help the status of women.

A soldier in the Continental Army could expect regular pay and average-to-excellent rations of food and other supplies.

All the states north of MD enacted laws against slavery by 1804, yet still slavery existed in the north until Civil War.