What did the American Flag look like at the time of the Revolutionary war?

Answer 1

The U.S. flag in 1787, was still the original flag with the 13 stars arranged in the circle pattern. It would not be changed until 1795 to acknowledge Kentucky and Vermont, when it was changed to 15 stars (which were arranged in a 3 across/5 down pattern), and 15 stripes. It would remain this way until 1818 when it then had 20 stars, and the stripes were reduced back to 13 which is how they been ever since.

Answer 2

the first us flag had 13 stars for the first 13 states that joined confederation in 1776. they are posted on the topleft corner. they had 13 stripes on the back to show the symbol two. 7 red and 6 white. it looked like this

Answer 3

stars and stripes

Since the original Flag Resolution by the Second Continental Congress on June 14th 1777 the flag of the United States of America has been 13 red and white alternating stripes with white stars in the blue upper left corner (canton) of the flag. Since 1777 the flag has remain basically the same with the exception of a star being added as new states joined the USA. There was one other difference: In 1795 the US flag had 15 stars for 15 states (Kentucky and Vermont joined the original 13) and the flag also had 15 stripes. Yes, 15 stripes for the 15 states in the union. This flag flew during the War of 1812 with the British. After that flag we went back to 13 stripes.

In 1814 this 15-star/15-stripe flag flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor while British ships shelled the fort all night. Francis Scott Key observed this while being held on a British ship and eventually wrote a poem "Defense of Ft. M'Henry"... which became the words to OUR National Anthem.

So, the "Star Spangled Banner" that we sing about in our nation's anthem had 15 stripes.

Answer 4

In the top left corner of the flag there is a blue patch with 50 white stars in. These stars represent the 50 states of the United States. Outside of the blue patch, there are 13 red and white stripes. These stripes represent the 13 original colonies. There are seven red stripes and six white ones.

Answer 5

The American flag is a rectangle I like to think of as divided into quarters. The top left-hand quarter is a dark blue color, with fifty silver stars aligned in five rows and ten columns. The rest of the flag is made up of seven red stripes, and six white ones, all running horizontally.

If this description does not completely clarify your vision of the American flag, I suggest looking it up with Google Images.

Answer 6

This is what I found.... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_(1801).svg/800px-Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_(1801).svg.png

Answer 7

it looked like the u.s. flag we have today but there were 13 stars in a circle

Answer 8

The flag had 13 stars for the 13 colonies, the stars were in a circle.

Answer 9

After Pearl harobor it changed.