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War of American Independence

American Revolutionary War
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Clockwise: Surrender of Lord Cornwallis after the Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Trenton, The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Long Island, Battle of Guilford Court House
Date April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
(8 years, 4 months and 15 days)
Ratification effective: May 12, 1784
Location Eastern North America, Caribbean Sea, Indian subcontinent,Central America, Europe,Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean
Result

Peace of Paris

North America:

Europe:

  • British victory

India:

End of the First British Empire

French war debts contribute to a fiscal crisis that ultimately led to the French Revolution
Territorial
changes
Belligerents

United States Thirteen Colonies
United States United States
Vermont
Kingdom of France French Empire
Spanish Empire Spanish Empire


Co-belligerents:
Dutch Republic Dutch Republic
Mysore

American Indians

Kingdom of Great Britain British Empire
Hanover


American Indians
Commanders and leaders

Main Leaders
United States George Washington
Thomas Chittenden
Kingdom of France Louis XVI
Spanish Empire Charles III


Dutch Republic William V

Kingdom of Mysore Hyder Ali

Main Leaders
Kingdom of Great Britain George III
Kingdom of Great Britain Lord North

Kingdom of Great Britain Lord George Germain
Strength

United States:
Army:
40,000 (average)
200,000 (total served)
Navy:
5,000 sailors (peak 1779)
53 frigates and sloops (total served)
Privateers:
55,000 sailors (total served)
1,700 ships

Allies:
Army:
63,000 French and Spanish (Gibraltar)
Navy:
146 ships-of-the-line (1782)

American Indian Allies:

Unknown

Great Britain:
Army:
48,000 (America peak)
121,000 (global 1781)
7,500 (Gibraltar)
Navy:
94 ships-of-the-line (1782)
104 frigates (1781)
37 sloops (1781)
171,000 sailors

Loyalist forces:
25,000 (total served)

German mercenaries:
30,000 (total served)

American Indian Allies:

13,000
Casualties and losses

United States:
25,000–70,000 total dead
6,800 killed in battle
17,000 died of disease

Netherlands:

500 killed

Great Britain:
Army:
43,633 total dead
~9,372 killed in battle (North America)
27,000 died of disease (North America)
Navy:
1,243 killed in battle
18,500 died of disease (1776-1780)
42,000 deserted

Germans:
7,774 total dead
1,800 killed in battle

4,888 deserted

Peace of Paris

North America:

Europe:

India:

End of the First British Empire

United States Thirteen Colonies
United States United States
Vermont
Kingdom of France French Empire
Spanish Empire Spanish Empire


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