Which war ended British rule in the American colonies?

Which war ended British rule in the American colonies? The answer is the American Revolutionary War. Fought from 1775 to 1783, the conflict began after years of disputes over taxation, representation, trade restrictions, and Parliament’s authority over Britain’s thirteen North American colonies.

The war’s decisive military turning point came at Yorktown in October 1781, when General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to American and French forces commanded by George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau. Fighting and naval operations continued afterward, however, until the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. Britain then recognised the United States as an independent nation.

A common mix-up is the Seven Years’ War, which ended in 1763 and actually strengthened Britain’s control in North America before colonial tensions escalated. The War of 1812 occurred decades later, between the United States and Britain, and did not end colonial rule. The American Revolutionary War is also called the American War of Independence.