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The American Revolutionary
War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war between the kingdom of britain and
the thirteen "United Colonies." The war was the culmination of the political American Revolution, whereby the colonists
overthrew British rule. In 1775, Revolutionaries seized control of each of the thirteen colonial governments, set up the Second
Continental Congress, and formed a Continental Army. The following year, they formally declared their independence as
a new nation, the United States of America. From 1778 onward, other European powers would fight on the American side in the
war. Meanwhile, Native Americans and African Americans served on both sides.
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