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

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

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

• 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.

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

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

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

• 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.

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

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

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

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

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

• 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.

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

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

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