How to Use the American Revolution in a Sentence

the American Revolution

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• Coffee replaced tea as the U.S. drink of choice around the time of the American Revolution.
  — Bronwen Everill, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
• Maryland was one of the original colonies and hence in the thick of the American Revolution.
  — Christopher Eric Bouchat, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2024
• At the time of the American Revolution, members of Key's family fought for and against the British.
  — Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
• Looking back, John Adams feared that the American Revolution would be badly taught.
  — William Anthony Hay, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2023
• But the valorization of the American Revolution stands starkly next to its failure to export those shining ideals of freedom a world away.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
• From the American Revolution to Iraq and all the terrible conflicts in between, so many men and women have given their lives for our nation.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 17 Mar. 2023
• The Battle of Saratoga was pivotal to the American Revolution.
  — Joe Drape, New York Times, 7 June 2024
• The end of the American Revolution Despite the danger, Franklin persevered in his diplomatic work.
  — Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
• Harford served as the last proprietor of Maryland before the 13 original colonies rebelled against the British, leading to the American Revolution and a new nation.
  — Donna M. Owens, Baltimore Sun, 24 Feb. 2023
• The fault divorce regime was a colonial legal concept that loosened slightly with the arrival of the American Revolution, on the basis that wives should be able to free themselves from husbands who had wronged them.
  — Alison Lefkovitz / Made By History, TIME, 23 July 2024
• The proclamation casts the Confederacy in the mode of the American Revolution.
  — Daniel Feller, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2023
• Their hair has more reverence for tradition than the Daughters of the American Revolution.
  — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 18 July 2024
• Experts said the cannons likely came from British ships scuttled to the river bottom during the American Revolution.
  — CBS News, 14 Nov. 2023
• And this is the most important part of the American Revolution, which advanced the idea of the primacy of authority, not power, over the consciences, lives, and property of its citizens.
  — Robert Sirico, National Review, 24 June 2024
• Those freedoms were, needless to say, unevenly distributed, which is one of the reasons that some critics have written off the American Revolution.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• Though the oldest walls date to 1607, most were built in the agrarian century between the American Revolution and the cultural shift toward cities and industry after the Civil War.
  — Robert M. Thorson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
• As Hancock’s life unfolds, Barbier guides us through the formative events of the American Revolution.
  — Guy Denton, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
• Consider that almost as many Americans have died of Covid-19 already – some 1.1 million – as have died in every war since the American Revolution.
  — Peter Bergen, CNN, 1 Mar. 2023
• It’s been around since before the American Revolution and played a significant role in efforts to forge a national identity as politicians grew concerned with the rise of communism in the 1950s.
  — Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2024
• The flag dates back to the American Revolution and signified resistance to British colonization.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 24 May 2024
• Meanwhile, Emily has plenty of space outside—next to a jaw-dropping garden equipped with marble statues—to host her Daughters of the American Revolution get-togethers.
  — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
• So the French Revolution, the American Revolution, all those things were brought about by individuals [claiming] their rights to express an opinion or view.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
• Hannah-Jones then pushed her provocation further, arguing that the American Revolution was in part inspired by the desire to preserve slavery.
  — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
• The holiday was originally observed on April 19, the anniversary of the battles that started the American Revolution.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
• Allen will reflect upon the implications of King George’s translation on the American Revolution and compare it with his translation.
  — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2024
• The beer brand Samuel Adams, for instance, attempts to signal its authenticity by associating itself with the people, places and events of the American Revolution.
  — Hovig Tchalian, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2023
• Operated by the Ohio Daughters of the American Revolution.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 17 July 2023
• With the tumult of the American Revolution behind them, the longing for freedom in theory gave way to the administration of particular freedoms in practice.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• The flag, which shows a green pine tree against a white backdrop, dates back to the American Revolution and had mostly fallen into obscurity until a far-right Christian figure helped repopularize it in recent years.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 29 May 2024
• Others have questioned broad assertions like the idea that preserving slavery was a key motivation for the American Revolution.
  — Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024