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

The American Revolution, also called the Revolutionary War.

  1. The American Revolution ✔
  2. The War of 1812
  3. The Civil War

Why: The American Revolution, or Revolutionary War, won independence from Britain. The War of 1812 came later, and the Civil War was between the North and the South.

Huh, didn't know that: The fighting began at Lexington and Concord in 1775, and the Treaty of Paris ended the war in 1783.

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What's a soldier's favorite month? March.
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Sources

  1. USCIS M-1778 (09/25), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version) https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf

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