The executive branch is the largest this is due to the employment of the President, Vice President and the Cabinet. The president is considered the commander and chief therefore is head of the armed forces which employees over 4 million Americans.
Were given permission to punish non-native american tresspassers.
Taxation by the British crown, blockades of the trade routes
It started 1765 and ended in 1783
Boston Tea Party 1773
The Americans failed to invade Canada in during the winter of 1775
British captured New York City in 1776
Battle of Saratoga 1777
What caused the American colonies to win was the capture of a British army at Yorktown
Treaty of Paris was signed 1783 ending the war