the American Revolution

noun

: the war of 1775–83 in which 13 British colonies in North America broke free from British rule and became the United States of America

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This transformation, taking place over a roughly seventy-five-year period between the American Revolution and the Civil War, coincided with a period of intense political and cultural identity formation, led by the first generations of Anglo-American men not raised under monarchial rule. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

The medal was first awarded in 1776 to George Washington during the American Revolution. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 24 June 2026

No single official church establishment stretched across the 13 Colonies that would eventually join in the American Revolution. — Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 24 June 2026

Following the American Revolution, state delegates gathered to begin crafting the Constitution, and two major sticking points were the horrors of the Atlantic Slave Trade and slavery. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 24 June 2026

Rhymes for the American Revolution

• ablution
• aleutian
• confucian
• dilution
• elution
• locution
• pollution
• solution
• volution
• absolution
• allocution
• attribution