<Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> American Revolutionary War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Clockwise : Surrender of Lord Cornwallis after the Siege of Yorktown , Battle of Trenton , The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill , Battle of Long Island , Battle of Guilford Court House </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> April 19 , 1775 -- September 3 , 1783 ( 8 years , 4 months and 15 days ) Ratification effective : May 12 , 1784 ( 9 years and 23 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Eastern North America , Caribbean Sea , Indian subcontinent , Central America , Europe , Africa , the Atlantic Ocean , and the Indian Ocean </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> American - Allied victory : </P> <Ul> <Li> Peace of Paris </Li> <Li> British recognition of American independence </Li> <Li> End of the First British Empire </Li> <Li> British retention of Canada and Gibraltar </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Great Britain cedes to the United States the area east of the Mississippi River and south of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River </Li> <Li> Great Britain cedes East Florida , West Florida , and Menorca to Spain </Li> <Li> Great Britain cedes Tobago and Senegal to France </Li> <Li> Dutch Republic cedes Negapatnam to Great Britain </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Thirteen Colonies ( before 1776 ) United States ( after 1776 ) Vermont Republic French Empire Spanish Empire </P> <P> Co-belligerents : </P> <P> Dutch Republic Mysore </P> Native Americans : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Oneida Tuscarora Catawba Lenape Chickasaw Choctaw Mahican Mi'kmaq Abenaki Cheraw Seminole Pee Dee Lumbee Watauga Association </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> British Empire Hanover </P> <P> German mercenaries : Hesse - Kassel Hesse - Hanau Waldeck Brunswick Ansbach Anhalt - Zerbst </P> Native Americans : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Onondaga Mohawk Cayuga Seneca Mi'kmaq Cherokee Odawa Muscogee Susquehannock Shawnee </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> George Washington Thomas Chittenden Louis XVI Charles III </P> <P> William V Hyder Ali † Tipu Sultan </P> full list ... </Td> <Td> <P> George III Lord North Lord George Germain </P> full list ... </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> United States : Army & Militia : 40,000 ( average ) 200,000 ( total served ) Navy : 5,000 sailors ( peak 1779 ) 53 frigates and sloops ( total served ) State Navies : 106 ships ( total served ) Privateers : 55,000 sailors ( total served ) 1,697 ships </P> <P> Allies : Army : 63,000 French and Spanish ( Gibraltar ) Navy : 146 ships - of - the - line ( 1782 ) </P> <P> Native American Allies : </P> Unknown </Td> <Td> <P> Great Britain : Army : 48,000 ( America peak ) 121,000 ( global 1781 ) 7,500 ( Gibraltar ) Navy : 94 ships - of - the - line ( 1782 ) 104 frigates ( 1781 ) 37 sloops ( 1781 ) 171,000 sailors </P> <P> Loyalists : 25,000 ( total served ) </P> <P> Hanoverians : 2,365 ( total served ) </P> <P> German mercenaries : 29,875 ( total served ) </P> <P> Native American Allies : </P> 13,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> United States : 25,000 -- 70,000 total dead 6,800 killed in battle 17,000 died of disease </P> <P> France : at least 7,000 dead ( 2,112 in the United States ) </P> <P> Spain : 5,000 killed </P> <P> Netherlands : 500 killed </P> Total : 37,000 -- 82,500 + soldiers dead </Td> <Td> <P> Great Britain : Army : 43,633 total dead ~ 9,372 killed in battle 27,000 died of disease Navy : 1,243 killed in battle 18,500 died of disease ( 1776 -- 1780 ) 42,000 deserted </P> <P> Germans : 7,774 total dead 1,800 killed in battle 4,888 deserted </P> <P> Loyalists : 7,000 total dead 1,700 killed in battle 5,300 died of disease ( estimated ) </P> Total : 78,200 + soldiers dead </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr>
<Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> American Revolutionary War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Clockwise : Surrender of Lord Cornwallis after the Siege of Yorktown , Battle of Trenton , The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill , Battle of Long Island , Battle of Guilford Court House </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> April 19 , 1775 -- September 3 , 1783 ( 8 years , 4 months and 15 days ) Ratification effective : May 12 , 1784 ( 9 years and 23 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Eastern North America , Caribbean Sea , Indian subcontinent , Central America , Europe , Africa , the Atlantic Ocean , and the Indian Ocean </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> American - Allied victory : </P> <Ul> <Li> Peace of Paris </Li> <Li> British recognition of American independence </Li> <Li> End of the First British Empire </Li> <Li> British retention of Canada and Gibraltar </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Great Britain cedes to the United States the area east of the Mississippi River and south of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River </Li> <Li> Great Britain cedes East Florida , West Florida , and Menorca to Spain </Li> <Li> Great Britain cedes Tobago and Senegal to France </Li> <Li> Dutch Republic cedes Negapatnam to Great Britain </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Thirteen Colonies ( before 1776 ) United States ( after 1776 ) Vermont Republic French Empire Spanish Empire </P> <P> Co-belligerents : </P> <P> Dutch Republic Mysore </P> Native Americans : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Oneida Tuscarora Catawba Lenape Chickasaw Choctaw Mahican Mi'kmaq Abenaki Cheraw Seminole Pee Dee Lumbee Watauga Association </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> British Empire Hanover </P> <P> German mercenaries : Hesse - Kassel Hesse - Hanau Waldeck Brunswick Ansbach Anhalt - Zerbst </P> Native Americans : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Onondaga Mohawk Cayuga Seneca Mi'kmaq Cherokee Odawa Muscogee Susquehannock Shawnee </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> George Washington Thomas Chittenden Louis XVI Charles III </P> <P> William V Hyder Ali † Tipu Sultan </P> full list ... </Td> <Td> <P> George III Lord North Lord George Germain </P> full list ... </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> United States : Army & Militia : 40,000 ( average ) 200,000 ( total served ) Navy : 5,000 sailors ( peak 1779 ) 53 frigates and sloops ( total served ) State Navies : 106 ships ( total served ) Privateers : 55,000 sailors ( total served ) 1,697 ships </P> <P> Allies : Army : 63,000 French and Spanish ( Gibraltar ) Navy : 146 ships - of - the - line ( 1782 ) </P> <P> Native American Allies : </P> Unknown </Td> <Td> <P> Great Britain : Army : 48,000 ( America peak ) 121,000 ( global 1781 ) 7,500 ( Gibraltar ) Navy : 94 ships - of - the - line ( 1782 ) 104 frigates ( 1781 ) 37 sloops ( 1781 ) 171,000 sailors </P> <P> Loyalists : 25,000 ( total served ) </P> <P> Hanoverians : 2,365 ( total served ) </P> <P> German mercenaries : 29,875 ( total served ) </P> <P> Native American Allies : </P> 13,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> United States : 25,000 -- 70,000 total dead 6,800 killed in battle 17,000 died of disease </P> <P> France : at least 7,000 dead ( 2,112 in the United States ) </P> <P> Spain : 5,000 killed </P> <P> Netherlands : 500 killed </P> Total : 37,000 -- 82,500 + soldiers dead </Td> <Td> <P> Great Britain : Army : 43,633 total dead ~ 9,372 killed in battle 27,000 died of disease Navy : 1,243 killed in battle 18,500 died of disease ( 1776 -- 1780 ) 42,000 deserted </P> <P> Germans : 7,774 total dead 1,800 killed in battle 4,888 deserted </P> <P> Loyalists : 7,000 total dead 1,700 killed in battle 5,300 died of disease ( estimated ) </P> Total : 78,200 + soldiers dead </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr>
when did the american war of independence begin and end
when did the american war of independence begin and end
April 19 , 1775 September 3 , 1783
April 19 , 1775 September 3 , 1783