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  2. Patriot (American Revolution) - Wikipedia

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    Liberalism. Patriots, also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or Whigs, were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain 's control and governance during the colonial era, and supported and helped launch the American Revolution that ultimately established American independence.

  3. American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Politics portal. v. t. e. The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

  4. American Revolutionary War - Wikipedia

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    500 total dead [36] The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the ...

  5. History of the United States (1776–1789) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The history of the United States from 1776 to 1789 was marked by the nation's transition from the American Revolutionary War to the establishment of a novel constitutional order. As a result of the American Revolution, the thirteen British colonies emerged as a newly independent nation, the United States of America, between 1776 and 1789.

  6. United States Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia

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    The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in both the engrossed version and the original printing, is the founding document of the United States. On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress, who convened at ...

  7. Thomas Paine - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Paine (born Thomas Pain; [1] February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736] [Note 1] – June 8, 1809) was an English-born American Founding Father, French Revolutionary, inventor, and political philosopher. [2][3] He authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the ...

  8. The American Crisis - Wikipedia

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    The American Crisis, or simply The Crisis, [1] is a pamphlet series by eighteenth-century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine, originally published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution. [2] Thirteen numbered pamphlets were published between 1776 and 1777, with three additional pamphlets released between 1777 and 1783. [3]

  9. New York and New Jersey campaign - Wikipedia

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    1,400 captured [3] The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of New York and the state of New Jersey, fought between British forces under General Sir William Howe and the Continental Army under General George Washington.