“The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence and the Revolutionary War in the United States, was the armed conflict between the [Kingdom of] Great Britain and thirteen of its North American colonies, which had declared themselves the independent United States of America.” (Courtesy ©Wikipedia)
Our Founders' Warning: “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.” (Thomas Jefferson)