Revolutionary War: A Narrative Analysis

A battle of freedom vs. tyranny (Schultz, 2014, 99). The Revolutionary War consisted of a group fighting for a place they want to call their own and a group fighting for the people they once called their own. The freedom the Colonists fought for was not easy coming though. There were many steps that lead into the battle that determined their freedom. By looking at the causes, the course of the war, the outcomes, and its influence on the American Identity, the reality of the Revolutionary war and its major battles will show how hard our freedom was to gain.
The Revolutionary War did not just happen overnight. There were many facts and decisions that went behind the start of this War. The Colonies had formed a society different than the one England
The First Phase started in New England and was viewed as police action (Schultz, 2014, pg. 105). The Second Phase was in the Middle Colonies and was considered a more traditional war where the British were fighting large military battles and taking the capital (Schultz, 2014, pg. 106). The Third Phase was fought in the South with Guerrilla warfare (Schultz, 2014, pg. 106). The Colonists’ plan was to run and survive and to only attack when they were convinced of victory (Schultz, 2014, pg. 106). At the beginning of the war, the British had most of the success (Schultz, 2014, pg. 106). The Colonists were having a hard time recruiting more troops because they were losing too many battles (Schultz, 2014, pg. 106). In the article, “Liberty the American Revolution,” it was explained the grim future the Continental army held. “George Washington and his beleaguered Continental Army are spending a grim holiday season on the road. Four long months of harassment and battle with the British Army have left the 6,000 rebels tired, footsore and hungry. To make matters worse for Washington, he can expect more than half of his volunteers to drift home by the New Year, their enlistments up,” the article