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

Examples of the American Revolution in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While by no means entirely of his invention, the rhetoric of the American Revolution has forever attached to the idea of Jeffersonian democracy. —Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026

Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky used AI to travel back in time 250 years ago to the American Revolution. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026

Bessent, who is allowed by law to make the final decision on coin designs, opted to replace the abolition, suffrage and Civil Rights Movement coins with ones depicting the Mayflower Compact, the American Revolution and the Gettysburg Address. —Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026

Strider’s post linked the killing with one of the turning points of the American Revolution, which saw occupying British soldiers fire unordered shots on a protesting crowd. —Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for the American Revolution

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