American Revolution

American  

noun

1. the war between Great Britain and its American colonies, 1775–83, by which the colonies won their independence.

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American Revolution British  

noun

1. the usual US term for War of American Independence

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American Revolution

Most accounts of the American Revolution skate right over the ill-fated invasion of Quebec in 1775, months before the Declaration of Independence.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Some historians have also begun to examine the period of the American Revolution through an LGBTQ+ lens.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

If Washington represented the patriotic side of the American Revolution, Thomas Willing, America’s leading merchant and banker at the time, represented the interested side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The folk hero of the American Revolution was only half-remembered in Massachusetts and almost totally forgotten everywhere else.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

The men who fought the American Revolution were no more like these D.A.R. dames than I’m a pot-bellied, perfumed Pekingese dog.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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