War of American Independence

American  

noun

British.

1. American Revolution.

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War of American Independence British  

noun

1. Also called: American Revolution.   Revolutionary War.  the conflict following the revolt of the North American colonies against British rule, particularly on the issue of taxation. Hostilities began in 1775 when British and American forces clashed at Lexington and Concord. Articles of Confederation agreed in the Continental Congress in 1777 provided for a confederacy to be known as the United States of America. The war was effectively ended with the surrender of the British at Yorktown in 1781 and peace was signed at Paris in Sept 1783

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Example Sentences

He lived in turbulent times, marked by the Seven Years War, the War of American Independence and the Napoleonic Wars.

From Nature • Apr. 4, 2017

Later historians would sometimes call it the Second War of American Independence.

From Washington Post

The history of the War of American Independence is full of illustrations of the neglect of this paramount principle.

From Naval Warfare by Thursfield, James R.

The War of American Independence The peace of 1763 was so humiliating that every patriotic Frenchman longed for the opportunity of revenge.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver

The German biography by Bettleheim published in 1886, lays more emphasis upon the importance of Beaumarchais’s aid in the War of American Independence than has come from any other recent writer.

From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Kite, Elizabeth S.