ICSE Class 8 Answered

In 1774, representatives from all the British colonies in America met in the city of Philadelphia and requested the British monarch King George III to withdraw the stringent taxes levied on them. However, the king refused to grant this request. On the flip side, he declared this request as an act of rebellion and declared war on the colonists. Thus started the American War of Independence. In its first engagement, British soldiers clashed with the American belligerents. The colonists united to organise their own army and chose George Washington as Commander-in-Chief.