Revolutionary War

noun

1. American Revolution.

Revolutionary War

1. The war for American independence from Britain . The fighting began with the Battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775, and lasted through the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. General George Washington commanded the American forces, assisted by Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold , Horatio Gates, John Paul Jones , and others. The leaders of the British included Charles Cornwallis , John Burgoyne, Thomas Gage, and William Howe, among others. The American cause was greatly aided by French ships and troops and by the presence of the French nobleman and soldier the Marquis de Lafayette . The Treaty of Paris in 1783 officially ended the war. ( See Battle of Bunker Hill and Battle of Saratoga .)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Revolutionary War¹

1790–1800; Americanism

Example Sentences

It would have meant the end of the Revolutionary War and a total loss for the Americans.

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In past lives, the area served as the location of the Battle of Long Island during the Revolutionary War.

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This was a tethered reconnaissance balloon, as first used 220 years ago in the French Revolutionary War.

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In this Newcastle Brown Ale ad, gangly British comedian Stephen Merchant posits, ‘What if the Brits won the Revolutionary War?’

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Inside the colonnade there were supposed to be statues of 30 famous Revolutionary War heroes.

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During the revolutionary war he was commissary-general to the Pennsylvania division, and printer to congress.

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In vain did the old governments expect to step back into exactly the same places they had occupied before the revolutionary war.

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During this same year, a most unusual naval feat occurred in the Revolutionary War.

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Marquis de Lafayette played an important part in the Revolutionary War.

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His services were of great benefit to the commander in chief during a part of the revolutionary war.

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