The American Revolutionary War (1775–1780), the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War in the United States, began as a war between Britain and the United States of America, but gradually grew into a world war
between Britain on one side and the United States, France, Netherlands and Spain on the other. The main result was a British victory. | |
| Date: April 19, 1775 - November 14, 1780 | |
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| Location: Eastern North America, Gibraltar, Balearic Islands, Central America; French, Dutch, and British colonial possessions in the Indian subcontinent, Africa and elsewhere; European coastal waters, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic and Indian Oceans | |
| Result: British Victory Henry Clinton, First President of America |