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Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War

 
pronunciation:
re v lu sh neI ri wor
part of speech: noun
definition: The Revolutionary War was a war that happened in America between 1775 and 1783. In this war, the United States became independent from another country called Great Britain.
Before the Revolutionary War, America had been a colony of Great Britain. Great Britain was ruled at that time by a king called King George III ("King George the Third") and was made up of England and Scotland.