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The first shot of the American Revolution at the Battle of Lexington and Concord is referred to as the "shot heard 'round the world". The Revolutionary War victory not only established the United States as the first modern constitutional republic, but marked the transition from an age of monarchy to a new age of freedom by inspiring similar ...
1871: The liberal revolution in Guatemala. 1873: The Petroleum Revolution in the First Spanish Republic. 1873–74: The Cantonal rebellion in the First Spanish Republic. 1873: The Khivan slave uprising against slavery in the Khanate of Khiva. 1875: The Deccan Riots. 1875: The Stara Zagora Uprising, a revolt by the Bulgarian population against ...
The first part of the period, from 1804 to 1815, was marked by a violent struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire with three armed uprisings taking place (The First Serbian Uprising, Hadži-Prodan's rebellion and the Second Serbian Uprising), ending with a ceasefire.
American victory: Captains Richard Shreve and Edward Thomas engaged John Bacon and his Loyalist bandits (known now as "Refugees") at Cedar Bridge. A brief exchange of gunfire took place, and Bacon and his men were able to escape. This was the last land battle in the U.S. Action of 2 January 1783: January 2, 1783: Hispaniola: Inconclusive
The Minute Men: The First Fight: Myths & Realities of the American Revolution, Pergamon-Brassey's, Washington, D.C., 1989. ISBN 0-08-036733-X. This book provides a military perspective on the battle and its leaders. Hafner, Donald L. (2006). "The First Blood Shed in the Revolution". Boston College; Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1890).
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
Adams becomes the first vice president (April 21) Washington becomes the first president, at Federal Hall in New York City (April 30) The Tariff Act of 1789 is signed into law (July 4) Charles Thomson resigns as secretary of Congress and hands over the Great Seal, bringing an end to the Confederation Congress (July) Judiciary Act of 1789 ...
Battles and massacres took place between the Continental Army and Native American fighters as well as against non-combatants and farms. [32] In the final years of the war, Great Britain stopped providing much of its support for Native American tribes, and the United States won in the western theater with strict terms of surrender.