John Micklos Jr.

An Overview of the American Revolution Through Primary Sources John Micklos Jr.

Shots rang out. Soldiers fell dead. On April 19, 1775, the bitter conflict that had been brewing between the American colonists and Great Britain ignited on the battlefield. The British king?s unfair tax policies had pushed the colonists toward war, but the American Revolution became a struggle for something greater?independence. And the world would never be the same again!