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American Revolution
United States history
Also known as: American Revolutionary War, United States War of Independence, War of Independence
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History & Society
- Also called:
- United States War of Independence or American Revolutionary War
- Date:
- 1775 - September 3, 1783
- Location:
- United States
- Participants:
- Dutch Republic
- France
- loyalist
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- United States
- American colonies
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The American Revolution was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies that began in 1775 and ended with a peace treaty in 1783. The colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. The war followed more than a decade of growing estrangement between the British crown and a large and influential segment of its North American colonies that was caused by British attempts to assert greater control over colonial affairs after having long adhered to a policy of salutary neglect. Until early in 1778 the conflict was a civil ...(100 of 6022 words)