The decision for independence came when the Second Continental Congress

convened at Philadelphia in 1775, had hopes of a settlement with Britain. Radicals, favored independence hoped that time would create consensus. Congress confirm the development of the Continental Army, this “Olive Branch Petition” stated loyalty to George III. In response to the petition was harsh which helped opened the way for Congress’s to adopt the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferso

General William Howe led the British troops to prepare the war in America.

British troops captured cities and lured American forces to made difficult decisive battles. George Washington took command of the Continental Army; he faced in creditable odds like the lack in number and military discipline. Because the British army was farther advance fighting force, by 1776 the British withdrew from Boston, in result took over New York City, and then drove the Continentals into retreat through New York and New Jersey. Washington had to respond, so he regrouped some of his army’s credibility at the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. Summer of 1777, Howe’s army took over Philadelphia but John Burgoyne British force suffered a large defeat at Saratoga, New York.

Charleston, South Carolina in 1780. The Continentals, after the defeat at Camden, South Carolina, they had secured an important victory at Cowpens. Now the British troops were exhausted and tried led under Charles, Lord Cornwallis pursuit of the rebel a

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