Colonist

American Revolution, also called United States War of Independence or American Revolutionary War, (1775–83), which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America.

American colonists fought the war on land with essentially two types of organization: the Continental (national) Army and the state militias.

Preliminary articles of peace were signed on November 30, 1782, and the Peace of Paris (September 3, 1783) ended the U.S. War of Independence. Great Britain finally recognized the independence of the United States.