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AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does American War of Independence mean?
• AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (noun)
The noun AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE has 1 sense:
1. the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783
Familiarity information: AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
American Revolution; American Revolutionary War; American War of Independence; War of American Independence
Instance hypernyms:
revolution (the overthrow of a government by those who are governed)
Meronyms (parts of "American War of Independence"):
battle of Bunker Hill; Bunker Hill (the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces)
battle of Cowpens; Cowpens (battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British)
Fort Ticonderoga; Ticonderoga (a pitched battle in which American revolutionary troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775)
Concord; Lexington; Lexington and Concord (the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775))
Battle of Monmouth; Battle of Monmouth Court House; Monmouth Court House (a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces)
battle of Saratoga; Saratoga (a battle during the American Revolution (1777); the British under Burgoyne were defeated)
siege of Yorktown; Yorktown (in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution)
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