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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History and intellectualism meet in Boston, where Puritan roots and events of the American Revolution have given way to a city that houses more than its fair share of universities, bookstores, and coffee shops.
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Kori Perten, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
That’s essentially what happened in the American Revolution, most of the founding fathers were of the wealthiest echelons of the colonies.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
Her world saw the end of the American Revolution, the storming of the Bastille in France, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and the final years of England’s abolitionist movement.
—Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
George Washington required his troops be inoculated, the predecessor of vaccination, against smallpox during the American Revolution.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
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Kori Perten, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
That’s essentially what happened in the American Revolution, most of the founding fathers were of the wealthiest echelons of the colonies.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
Her world saw the end of the American Revolution, the storming of the Bastille in France, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and the final years of England’s abolitionist movement.
—Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
George Washington required his troops be inoculated, the predecessor of vaccination, against smallpox during the American Revolution.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
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