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Also Known As American Revolutionary War • War of Independence • United States War of Independence
Date 1775 - September 3, 1783
Location United States
Participants Dutch RepublicFranceloyalistSpainUnited KingdomUnited StatesAmerican colonies

Did You Know?

  • The American Revolution was the United States' longest military conflict before the Vietnam War.
  • Charles Cornwallis did not himself surrender at Yorktown; rather, claiming illness, he sent his deputy, Charles O'Hara.
  • Roughly 5,000 members of the Continental Army, 5 percent of the total number, were black.

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McCrea, Jane
Jane McCrea
North American colonist
George Washington
George Washington
president of United States
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
president of United States
Bernardo de Gálvez
Spanish colonial administrator
Laurens, John; Hamilton, Alexander
John Laurens
American army officer
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
American author, scientist, and statesman
Gilbert Stuart: portrait of John Adams
John Adams
president of United States
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
United States statesman
George III
George III
king of Great Britain
James Monroe
James Monroe
president of United States
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
British-American author
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman
marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette
French noble
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
American politician
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry
American statesman
Alexander McGillivray
Creek chief
John Singleton Copley: painting of Paul Revere
Paul Revere
United States military officer and silversmith
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold
American general

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