American Revolutionary War Images

Revolutionary War, American Revolution (1775–1783), Boston.  Historic American Revolution clipart, graphics, images, photos, drawings and sketches.

Revolutionary War clipart and images make unique gift ideas for use on coasters, desk displays, wall plaques and wherever engravings are utilized.

The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) began as a war between Great Britain and thirteen former British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European powers.

The war started as a political Revolution many of the colonists rejected the legitimacy of the Great Britain to reign over them without representation. The First Continental Congress met in 1774 to coordinate relations with Great Britain and the thirteen colonies, petitioning King George III for intervention with Parliament, organizing a boycott of British goods, while affirming loyalty to the British Crown.  By 1775 the Provincial Congresses formed the Second Continental Congress and authorized a Continental Army. Additional petitions to King George III to intervene with Parliament resulted in the following year with Congress being declared traitor. The Americans responded in 1776 by formally declaring their independence as one new nation “The United States of America” claiming their own sovereignty and rejecting any allegiance to the British monarchy.