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American Revolution

noun

  1. the war between Great Britain and its American colonies, 1775–83, by which the colonies won their independence.


American Revolution

noun

  1. the usual US term for War of American Independence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Thomas Paine, The Father of the American Revolution, wrote in opposition to the British Monarchy and in favor of American independence.

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South could flourish despite the historical baggage of the American Revolution’s break from the Old World and its attendant monarchies and aristocracies.

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“I'm a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a Mayflower daughter,” says Ellen King, co-owner and Director of Baking Operations at Hewn Bread.

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Her family has lived in Georgia, she said, since before the American Revolution.

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In other words, women in early American history — before, during and in the wake of the American Revolution — had greater autonomy over their own reproductive health than tens of millions of American women have today.

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