American Revolutionary War


Clockwise from top left: Battle of Bunker Hill, Death of Montgomery at Quebec, Battle of Cowpens, "Moonlight Battle"

Date:
1775–1783

Location:
Primarily eastern North America and at sea

Result:
Treaty of Paris (1783)

Territory changes:
Britain recognizes independence of the United States, cedes East Florida, West Florida, and Minorca to Spain and Tobago to France


Combatants

American Revolutionaries,
France,
Netherlands,
Spain,
Native Americans
Great Britain,
German mercenaries,
Loyalists,
Native Americans

Commanders

George Washington,
Comte de Rochambeau,
Nathanael Greene
William Howe,
Henry Clinton,
Charles Cornwallis




Campaigns and theaters

Boston campaign – Canadian theater (1775–76) – New York and New Jersey – Saratoga campaign – Philadelphia campaign – Western theater – Sullivan expedition – Southern theater – West Indies and Gulf Coast – Naval operations