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From the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, to the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the American Revolution lasted 8 years. However, since the British military campaigns effectively ended with the surrender at Yorktown (October 19, 1781), the actual war lasted for 6 and a half years.
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