Most Important Events In History That Shaped The Current America

5. The American Revolution

Thanks to the American Revolution, America would finally become its own sovereign nation and no longer a colony of Britain. The colonial revolt took place between the years of 1765 and 1783. Although the war lasted until 1783, we celebrate the birth of our nation on July 4th since the Declaration of Independence was ratified on this date in 1776. Throughout the five years of war there was a lot of bloodshed and fighting, however, the United States ended up the victor and the rest is history…