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The 50 pages that link to American Revolutionary War, each with the reason it gives.

• George WashingtonNarrower topic: It was the war that made Washington a national military leader.

• Treaty of Paris (1783)Narrower topic: The treaty formally ended this conflict between Britain and the United States.

• United States ArmyRelated: The Army’s founding force helped secure independence and establish the new republic.

• Alexander HamiltonNarrower topic: Hamilton’s military service during the conflict launched his national career.

• Thirteen ColoniesRelated: Victory secured the independence proclaimed by the colonies.

• Continental ArmyNarrower topic: The Continental Army was the principal American land force in this wider conflict.

• United States Declaration of IndependenceRelated: The declaration turned an ongoing rebellion into an explicit war for national independence.

• Estates-General of 1789Related: French support for the American war deepened the crown’s financial strain.

• First FleetRelated: The loss of American colonies ended Britain’s principal destination for transported convicts.

• British colonization of AustraliaRelated: The loss of American colonies ended Britain’s principal destination for transported convicts.

• Hudson RiverRelated: Control of the Hudson corridor was strategically important during the war.

• Charles CornwallisNarrower topic: Cornwallis’s defeat at Yorktown helped determine the war’s outcome.

• Naval mineRelated: Early American attempts to use explosive devices against British ships occurred during this war.

• Siege of YorktownNarrower topic: Yorktown became the war’s decisive military turning point, though the war continued afterward.

• Arthur PhillipRelated: After that loss, Britain sought a new destination for transported convicts.

• James MonroeNarrower topic: Monroe’s service as a young officer began amid the struggle that created the United States.

• Venezuelan War of IndependenceCompared with: Both wars broke imperial rule, but Venezuela’s conflict unfolded amid Spanish America’s fragmented political crisis.

• Fabian strategyBroader topic: The Continental Army’s survival made prolonged resistance possible despite British military superiority.

• PrivateeringRelated: American commissions sent thousands of private vessels against British commerce.

• Battles of SaratogaNarrower topic: Saratoga became a turning point in the wider war by drawing France into it.

• Charles James FoxRelated: Fox opposed the war and argued that Britain should recognize American independence.

• European colonization of AustraliaRelated: The loss of American colonies disrupted Britain’s established destination for transported convicts.

• MusketBroader topic: Muskets armed much of the infantry on both sides of the conflict.

• Continental CongressRelated: Congress organized the colonies’ military and diplomatic response throughout the war.

• Battle of Bunker HillNarrower topic: Bunker Hill became one of the war's first major engagements.

• Jacques NeckerRelated: French financial aid to the American rebels increased borrowing and worsened the fiscal crisis Necker inherited.

• Nathanael GreeneNarrower topic: Greene’s campaign contributed to the wider military struggle that secured American independence.

• Battle of BrandywineNarrower topic: Brandywine was one engagement in the wider struggle for American independence.

• Battle of Guilford Court HouseNarrower topic: The battle’s costly outcome shaped one campaign within the wider war for independence.

• Battle of TrentonNarrower topic: Trenton was a small but consequential engagement within the wider war for American independence.

• Robert FultonRelated: Fulton’s early life and career unfolded in the new nation shaped by the Revolution.

• Treaty of Alliance (1778)Narrower topic: The alliance tied French military support to the ongoing war for American independence.

• Anne Robert Jacques TurgotRelated: Turgot warned that French support for the American war would worsen the monarchy’s finances.

• Battle of the ChesapeakeNarrower topic: The battle was a decisive naval episode within this wider conflict.

• Benedict ArnoldNarrower topic: Arnold's military career and defection unfolded within this war.

• Battle of PrincetonNarrower topic: The Princeton victory was an early turning point in the war’s New Jersey campaign.

• Battles of Lexington and ConcordNarrower topic: The battles initiated the sustained military conflict that ended in American independence.

• Casimir PulaskiNarrower topic: Pulaski’s American military service and death occurred within this war.

• Fourth Anglo-Dutch WarRelated: The wider war made Dutch trade with Britain’s enemies a direct strategic issue.

• Francis MarionNarrower topic: Marion’s South Carolina campaigns formed one part of the wider struggle for independence.

• John Graves SimcoeRelated: Simcoe fought in this war before becoming a colonial administrator.

• Watkin TenchRelated: Tench served in North America before his later deployment to New South Wales.

• Daniel ShaysRelated: Shays’s service in the war shaped his standing among veterans who later joined the uprising.

• Nathan HaleNarrower topic: The conflict created the military setting for Hale’s service and execution.

• Pierre Charles L'EnfantRelated: L'Enfant served as an engineer and officer in the Continental Army.

• Yankee DoodleBroader topic: The song gained its patriotic associations during this conflict.

• Charles Gravier, comte de VergennesRelated: French aid under Vergennes turned the colonial revolt into a wider war against Britain.

• George GermainNarrower topic: Germain's public career as colonial secretary was defined by Britain's effort to defeat the rebellion.

• Michael Kovats de FabriczyNarrower topic: It was the war that brought Kovats into Continental service.

• William Gilmore SimmsRelated: Several of Simms's historical novels dramatize the Revolution in the South.