American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the American War o Unthirldom,^{[N 1]} or simply the Revolutionary War in the Unitit States, began as a war atween the Kinrick o Great Breetain an the Thirteen Colonies, but gradually grew intae a warld war atween Breetain on ane side an the newly furmed Unitit States, Fraunce, Netherlands, an Spain on the ither. American unthirldon wis achieved an European pouers recognized the unthirldom o the Unitit States, wi mixed results for the ither naitions involved.^{[N 2]}

American Revolutionary War
Clockwise frae tap left: Battle o Bunker Hill, Daith o Montgomery at the Battle o Quebec, Battle o Cowpens, "Moonlight Battle"
Date Aprile 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783 (8 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 1 day) Location Eastren North Americae, Gibraltar, Balearic Islands, Central Americae; French, Dutch, an British colonial possessions in the Indian subcontinent, Africae an elsewhere; European coastal watters, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic an Indian Oceans Result American independence Peace o Paris Breetish recogneetion o the Unitit States o Americae Territorial changes Britain loses aurie east o Mississippi River an sooth o Great Lakes & St. Lawrence River tae independent Unitit States & tae Spain; Spain gains East Florida, Wast Florida an Minorca; Britain cedes Tobago an Senegal tae Fraunce. Dutch Republic cedes Negapatnam tae Britain.
Belligerents
Unitit States Fraunce (1778–83) Spain (1779–83)  Dutch Republic (1780–83) Co-belligerents: Mysore (1779–84) Vermont (1777–83) Oneida Tuscarora Watauga Association Catawba Lenape	Great Breetain Loyalists German auxiliaries Co-belligerents Onondaga Mohawk Cayuga Seneca Cherokee
Commanders an leaders
George Washington Nathanael Greene Horatio Gates Richard Montgomery † Daniel Morgan Henry Knox Benedict Arnold (Defectit) Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Marquis de La Fayette Comte de Rochambeau Comte de Grasse Duc de Crillon Bailli de Suffren Bernardo de Gálvez Luis de Córdova Juan de Lángara Hyder Ali Tipu Sultan ...full leet	Lord North Sir William Howe Thomas Gage Sir Henry Clinton Lord Cornwallis (POW) Sir Guy Carleton John Burgoyne (POW) George Eliott Benedict Arnold George Rodney Richard Howe Sir Hector Munro Wilhelm von Knyphausen Joseph Brant ...full leet
Strenth
At Hicht: 35,000 Continentals 44,500 Militia 5,000 Continental Navy sailors (at hicht in 1779)[1] 53 ships (active service at some pynt during the war)[1] 12,000 French (in Americae) ~60,000 French an Spainyie (in Europe)[2]	At Hicht: 56,000 Breetish 78 Ryal Navy ships in 1775[1] 171,000 Sailors[3] 30,000 Germans[4] 50,000 Lyalists[5] 13,000 Natives[6]
Casualties an losses
American: 25,000 dead 8,000 in battle 17,000 bi ither causes Tot American casualties: up tae 50,000 dead an woondit[7] Allies: 6,000± French an Spainyie (in Europe) 2,000 French (in Americae)	20,000± Soldiers frae the Breetish airmy dead an woondit 19,740 sailors dead (1,240 in Battle) [3] 42,000 sailors desertit [3] 7,554 German dead

Notes

1. Breetish writers generally favor "American War o Unthirldom", "American Rebellion", or "War o American Unthirldom". See Omohundro Institute o Early American History an Culture, Bibliography at the Michigan State University for uisage in teetles.
2. In this airticle, indwallers o the thirteen colonies that supportit the American Revolution are primarily referred tae as "Americans", wi occasional references tae "Patriots", "Whigs", "Rebels" or "Revolutionaries". Colonists who supported the Breetish in opposin the Revolution are referred tae as "Lyalists" or "Tories". The geographical aurie o the thirteen colonies is eften referred tae simply as "America".