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“Nicolae Balcescu” Land Force Academy, Sibiu
 I. The American Revolution

 II. The Minutemen

CONCLUSION
 American Revolution, also called United States War of
Independence or American Revolutionary War

 It happened between 1775 and 1783

 Insurrection by which 13 of Great Britian’s North

American colonies won political independence and
went on to form the United States of America.
 The rebels were waging a full-scale war for their
independence

 Until early in 1778 the conflict was a civil war

 France entered the American Revolution on the side of the

colonists in 1778
 Sea power was vital in
determining the course of the
war

 French assistance force the

British surrender at Yorktown,
Virginia, in 1781

 the Americans had effectively

won their independence
 Minutemen were a small hand-picked elite force

 They were enthusiasm, reliability, and physical

strength

 These soldiers were called minute men because they

had to be ready to go to a battle within a minute
 They were also messengers

 During the American Revolution the Minutemen

fought for the American Colonists
 I. The American Revolution

 II. The Minutemen

 The Minutemen were better organized and battle-
tested than any other part-time military. They were a
vital and necessary force, playing a crucial role in not
only the Revolutionary War, but in earlier conflicts.
Without these "ready in a minute" men, our history
may have been written in a very different way.