Paper instructions:What were the origins of the American Revolution? In responding to this question be sure to describe both the long term trends and the short term triggers which led the British colonists to revolt.

Compose an essay of minimum 500 words in which you describe:
• Britain’s strategies (it changed over time) to win the colonists’ war of independence
• The American colonists’ strategies to win the war of independence.
• Reasons why the US won their fight for independence.
Be sure to include at least the following terms:

• Lexington and Concord
• Second Continental Congress
• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Loyalists
• Battle of Saratoga and France
• Britain’s Southern campaign
• Yorktown