revolutionary war
Example Sentences
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It was an early example of Americans’ resentment of English tyranny, presaging the anger that would erupt into the Revolutionary War in the next century.
According to Ms. Vaill, he revealed his identity to Angelica, by then pregnant with their fourth child, only after he had made a fortune as a Revolutionary War profiteer and settled his debts.
All that may be so, but the fact is that many of Trump's supporters are gun-loving "patriots" who fantasize that they are the Minutemen of the Revolutionary War and the government of, by and for the people is actually the 21st-century version of the English monarchy circa 1776.
From Salon
Lots happened in 1776, the second year of the Revolutionary War, including the Continental Congress’s approval of the Declaration of Independence and George Washington’s heroic crossing of the Delaware River.
From Washington Post
He eschews the traditional, romantic image of the Revolutionary War as a saga of set-piece battles and dramatic moments such as Washington crossing the Delaware.
From Washington Post
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