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American Revolution : The American Revolutionary War

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The American Revolution is known as the war fought between American and Great Britain, for Americans freedom. The American Revolution is also commonly known as the American Revolutionary War, or the U.S War of Independence. The War itself only last a short eight years, it began in 1775 and ended in 1783, but tensions had been building up for centuries between the Great Britain and the colonies at the given time period. The American Revolutionary War until 1778 was a war of independence between the Great Britain and the thirteen colonies, but after 1778 it became an international war, when Spain, France, and the Netherlands joined forces with the colonies. Much of the War began after the signing of the Treaty of Pairs 1763, which ended the French and Indian War. Between the years of 1764 and 1765, the British Parliament passed the Sugar Act and Stamp Act, which angered the Colonies. The Sugar Act was put in place to ban importation of Rum and French Wines form the Dutch and French, and it would increase taxes on sugar and products that were imported for the colonies form Britain. The Stamp Act was put into place to tax the American Colonies on paper shipment, and paper products. A few years passed, and the colonies grew more and more furious with the British parliament, so in 1768 Great Britain sent troops to Boston to attempt to reduce the political uproar. In 1773 Great Britain passed the Tea Act, which the American people saw as a way for Great Britain to make even

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