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Definition of American Revolution noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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American Revolution

noun
american revolution pronunciation American
(also the Revolutionary War) [singular]
 
the war (1775-83) in which 13 colonies in North America won independence from British rule and established the United States of America