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What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?

The American Revolution, also called the Revolutionary War.

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  1. The American Revolution ✔
  2. The War of 1812
  3. The Civil War

Why: The American Revolution, or Revolutionary War, won independence from Britain. The War of 1812 came later, and the Civil War was between the North and the South.

Huh, didn't know that: The fighting began at Lexington and Concord in 1775, and the Treaty of Paris ended the war in 1783.

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Answer: The American Revolution. The American Revolution, or Revolutionary War, won independence from Britain. The War of 1812 came later, and the Civil War was between the North and the South.

  1. National Park Service, Timeline of the Revolution: Lexington and Concord www.nps.gov/subjects/americanrevolution/timeline.htm
    The first shots of the Revolutionary War are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
    Checked 2026-10-09.
  2. National Park Service, Timeline of the Revolution: Treaty of Paris www.nps.gov/subjects/americanrevolution/timeline.htm
    The Treaty of Paris ratifies the independence of the 13 North American states.
    Checked 2026-10-09.

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