Revolutionary War

The Revolutionary War or American Revolution was a conflict between Great Britain and thirteen of its former North American colonies, which had declared themselves independent.

Background
The nation was founded by thirteen colonies of Great Britain located along the Atlantic coast of North America. Disagreements between colonists and King George the Third's policies on issues such as taxation led to the armed occupation of the colonies. The colonists pushed back, culminating in events such as the Boston Tea Party and Boston Massacre, where in 1770, five colonists died inciting rage against the British occupation.

In 1775, British soldiers marched on the cities of Lexington and Concord to disarm the colonists and arrest members of their leadership. Departing from Boston Common, the two forces opened fire near the Old North Bridge. This started the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the subsequent Revolutionary War.

The colonists defeated British forces, resulting in the first successful colonial war of independence. The leadership of the newly independent nation proclaimed their regional entities as states. A group of 56 delegates from these states joined together as the Second Continental Congress, authoring the Declaration of Independence, issuing it on July 4, 1776. A federal convention adopted a legislative document known as the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787 and its ratification the following year made the states part of a single republic.

Appearances
The Revolutionary War is mentioned in Fallout 3, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76.