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1 day ago · The American Revolution—also called the U.S. War of Independence—was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783 through which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies threw off British rule to establish the sovereign United States of America, founded with the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
1 day ago · The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.
2 days ago · The American Revolutionary War thus began as a civil conflict within the British Empire over colonial affairs, but, with America being joined by France in 1778 and Spain in 1779, it became an international war.
3 days ago · The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Grievances against the imperial government led the 13 colonies to begin uniting in 1774, and expelling British officials by 1775.
4 days ago · What was the American Revolution? How did the American Revolution begin? What were the major causes of the American Revolution? Which countries fought on the side of the colonies during the American Revolution? How was the American Revolution a civil war?
4 days ago · The last known veteran of the American Revolutionary War was Daniel F. Bakeman, who died on April 5, 1869, at the age of 109. Bakeman’s long life spanned the founding of the United States and the end of the Civil War, making his story a unique link between these two pivotal periods in American history. He was recognized by Congress in 1867 as ...
2 days ago · The Declaration was a formal explanation of why the Continental Congress voted to declare American independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, over a year after the American Revolutionary War commenced with the Battles of Lexington and Concord, in April 1775.
