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Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze (1851)
USCIS Civics · Question 76 of 128

What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?

Official Answer

American Revolution

Also accepted: The (American) Revolutionary War · War for (American) Independence

In plain English

The Americans fought the American Revolution to win independence from Britain. It is also called the Revolutionary War, or the War for Independence. The war lasted from 1775 to 1783. The Americans won and created a new country. The war for independence from Britain was the American Revolution.

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Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze (1851)
Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze (1851)Metropolitan Museum of Art, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Image: Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze (1851) — Metropolitan Museum of Art, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.Answers verbatim from USCIS M-1778 (09/25)