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WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does War of American Independence mean? 

WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (noun)
  The noun WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE has 1 sense:

1. the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783play

  Familiarity information: WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WAR OF AMERICAN 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 "War of American 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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