- the usual US term for War of American Independence
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Amer′ican Revolu′tion,
- American Historythe war between Great Britain and its American colonies, 1775–83, by which the colonies won their independence.
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'American Revolution' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Adams
- Bunker Hill
- DAR
- DR
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- Fort Moultrie
- Green Mountain Boys
- Hessian
- Hood
- Lexington
- New Jersey tea
- Paris
- Revolutionary War
- Rochambeau
- Sar.
- Thomas
- Tory
- War of American Independence
- War of Independence
- Yorktown
- alexander
- brant
- chase
- continental
- cowboy
- cradle
- eve
- hale
- lobsterback
- loyalist
- radeau
- redcoat
- revolutionary
- royalist
- skinner
- taxation without representation
- tide
- ward