American Revolutionary War

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conflict revolution war

The American Revolutionary War was an 18th-century conflict in which the thirteen American colonies fought for and won independence from Great Britain, leading to the founding of the United States.

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All labels observed (23)

Label	Occurrences
American Revolutionary War canonical	1,469
American Revolution	213
American War of Independence	59
American Revolutionary War era	21
American Revolutionary era	4
American Revolutionary period	4
War of American Independence	2
American Revolution (dramatic setting)	1
American Revolutionary War (French involvement)	1
American Revolutionary War (as Delaware)	1
American Revolutionary War (as civilian aide and legislator)	1
American Revolutionary War (early local history of area)	1
American Revolutionary War (late phase)	1
American Revolutionary War (political side)	1
American Revolutionary War (through Benedict Arnold)	1
American Revolutionary War diplomacy	1
American Revolutionary War naval campaigns	1
American Revolutionary War period	1
Revolutionary War	1
The Revolutionary War, 1775–1784	1
U.S. War of Independence	1
United States War of Independence	1
War of the American Independence	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conflict ⓘ revolution ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American War of Independence American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: U.S. War of Independence
belligerent	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Dutch Republic ⓘ France ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Hesse-Kassel ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Loyalists ⓘ Patriots ⓘ Spain ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
cause	American colonial resistance ⓘ British imperial policies ⓘ taxation without representation ⓘ
combatantStrength	hundreds of thousands of soldiers over duration ⓘ
commander	Benedict Arnold ⓘ Charles Cornwallis ⓘ George Washington ⓘ Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ surface form: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Henry Clinton ⓘ Horatio Gates ⓘ Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: King George III Nathanael Greene ⓘ
countryFormed	United States of America ⓘ
endDate	1783-09-03 ⓘ
followedBy	French Revolution ⓘ Northwest Indian War ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Brandywine ⓘ Battle of Bunker Hill ⓘ Battle of Germantown ⓘ Battle of Princeton ⓘ Saratoga campaign ⓘ surface form: Battle of Saratoga Battle of Trenton ⓘ Siege of Yorktown ⓘ surface form: Battle of Yorktown Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ Naval operations in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ Siege of Boston ⓘ Siege of Yorktown ⓘ Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ
ideology	liberalism ⓘ republicanism ⓘ
location	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ North America ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
mainTheater	New England ⓘ surface form: Eastern North America
partOf	The Age of Revolution ⓘ surface form: Age of Revolution Atlantic Revolutions ⓘ
precededBy	Seven Years' War ⓘ surface form: French and Indian War Seven Years' War ⓘ
result	American victory ⓘ Independence of the United States ⓘ Recognition of U.S. sovereignty by Great Britain ⓘ Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
significantEvent	Articles of Confederation ⓘ surface form: Adoption of the Articles of Confederation American Declaration of Independence ⓘ surface form: Declaration of Independence Siege of Yorktown ⓘ surface form: Surrender at Yorktown
startDate	1775-04-19 ⓘ
treaty	Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) ⓘ Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ

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