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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The flag, which dates back to the American Revolution, has more recently been associated with Christian nationalists.
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Revolutionary violence as political theater The years of the American Revolution were incubated in violence.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
The Daughters of the American Revolution have committed about $12,000 toward its design, supplies and labor.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
For instance, in a now obscure 1944 speech, Franklin Delano Roosevelt argued that the American Revolution remained an incomplete project.
—Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Revolutionary violence as political theater The years of the American Revolution were incubated in violence.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
The Daughters of the American Revolution have committed about $12,000 toward its design, supplies and labor.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
For instance, in a now obscure 1944 speech, Franklin Delano Roosevelt argued that the American Revolution remained an incomplete project.
—Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
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