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- With fewer than 3 million men the American colonies
managed to defeat the greatest military to man known during that
time period. Each side suffered losses, but through those losses
we, as a nation, got our independence. To live freely and
prosperous, every man (and later on women) equal, is what are country
is based on.
- Below on some links that will take you to other web
sites to learn more about this war and some of the major battles fought.
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- In 1975 a shot rang out,
later on it was told that the shot was heard around the world for
it signified the start of the American Revolutionary War.
- The War of Independence as
it is called lasted for eight long years
between the British Government and the North American colonies.
Many American heroes rose from that war such as George Washington who
became the first president of the United States and Thomas Jefferson
who wrote the majority of The Declaration of Independence among
others. Since the French and Indian War relationships between the
British and the colonies were rocky. The British believed that
the colonies were inferior to them, their arrogance and behavior
insulting to the colonies.
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