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It wasn't just called that it was also called the American Revolution and the Independence War or switch around the War of Independence. it was called the Revolutionary War because we wouldn't be here today without the history behind us. the war was history and we revovled. not caveman or women revolve but nation wise.

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because the American colonists gained independence from the British. other countries also had revolutionary wars to gain independence such as Mexico, Ghana, and Cameroon.

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Because in the Revolutionary War, we held a revolution and declared independence from Britain. The two names can be interchanged, and it won't change the meaning.

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cause of the revolution

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