American Revolutionary War
War that created the United States and widened into an Atlantic great-power conflict.
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Overview adapted from a Wikipedia summary and stored locally on May 11, 2026.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army. The conflict was fought in North America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean. The war's outcome seemed uncertain for most of the war, but Washington and the Continental Army's decisive victory in the Siege of Yorktown in 1781 led King George III and the Kingdom of Great Britain to negotiate an end to the war. In 1783, in the Treaty of Paris, the British monarchy acknowledged the independence of the Thirteen Colonies, leading to the establishment of the United States as an independent and sovereign nation.
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Atlantic imperial pressure
Atlantic empires face independence movements while South Asian and North American power balances shift.
The American Revolution breaks British imperial control over the thirteen colonies. Company rule expands in India.