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New York–New Jersey campaign during the American Revolution J.C. Armytage: Retreat at Long Island Emanuel Leutze: Washington Crossing the Delaware
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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 Republic • France • loyalist • Spain • United Kingdom • United States • American 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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The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
British ships in Boston Harbor
portrait of Thomas Gage by John Singleton Copley
Paul Revere's ride
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Lexington
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill
George Washington
Ethan Allen
The word semiquincentennial appears in white text on a blue background.
Find out how the 13 American colonies gained their political independence from Great Britain
What was the Boston Tea Party?
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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
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
American author, scientist, and statesman
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
United States statesman
Gilbert Stuart: portrait of John Adams
John Adams
president of United States
George III
George III
king of Great Britain
James Monroe
James Monroe
president of United States
English-American writer Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
British-American author
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman
The 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
Muscogee chief
Laurens, John; Hamilton, Alexander
John Laurens
American army officer
Bernardo de Gálvez
Spanish colonial administrator
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold
American general
John Singleton Copley: painting of Paul Revere
Paul Revere
United States military officer and silversmith
Lord North
Frederick North, Lord North
prime minister of United Kingdom

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