Talk:American Revolutionary War

Semi-protected edit request on 7 December 2023

Change "After Saratoga, the France and the rebels signed a commercial agreement and a Treaty of Alliance in February 1778." to "After Saratoga, France and the rebels signed a commercial agreement and a Treaty of Alliance in February 1778." 2.30.42.70 (talk) 17:34, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

 Question: What section is it in? Shadow311 (talk) 17:51, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

You could always use the editor to find the string in question, it was in the lead. Remsense留 07:57, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

I have made the edit, thank you. --Historyhiker (talk) 14:45, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 14 December 2023

In the third paragraph, where it’s written “After Saratoga, the France and the rebels signed a commercial agreement and a Treaty of Alliance in February 1778.” change “the France” to “the French.” 65.36.78.165 (talk) 05:45, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

 Done Remsense留 07:33, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at WT:MOSCAPS § Founding Fathers of the United States

 You are invited to join the discussion at WT:MOS § Founding Fathers of the United States on whether the expression "founding fathers" should be in lower or upper case. Thanks. Allreet (talk) 22:30, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 March 2024

In the first paragraph,where it says: " 2600:100A:B10F:2653:0:55:72EA:3901 (talk) 20:38, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

OK, for some reason that didn't come out right. The sentence reads: "This lead to the Treaty of Paris." The verb should be changed to "led" because "lead" is present tense. 2600:100A:B10F:2653:0:55:72EA:3901 (talk) 20:41, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done, good catch, thank you very much. Randy Kryn (talk) 01:48, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Omissions

This article gives short-shrift to the Sullivan Expedition of 1779 against the Iroquois Indians. The campaign occupied more than one third of the total number of Continental army soldiers and has been described as the most important military campaign of 1779. It other words, it wasn't a sideshow to the main events. I'll get around to remedying this problem -- if somebody else doesn't. Smallchief (talk) 11:38, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

You need first to show that it is seen that way in reliable sources. And how many continental soldiers were there during the campaign? TFD (talk) 21:25, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Someone forgot to list the Netherlands outside of the infobox

The “Dutch Republic” (The United Provinces of the Netherlands, officially the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands) is listed in the infobox as a “co-belligerent” for the United States alongside the Kingdom of Spain, whereas the Kingdom of France is listed in a different category alongside the Colonies (why is that, by the way?), but the second paragraph of the article begins with “During the war, American Patriot forces had the support of France and Spain, while the British and Loyalist forces hired Hessian soldiers from Germany for assistance.”

Why are only France and Spain listed there and not the Netherlands? It seems like they were just as involved as Spain was, and I think this is something people really need to be informed about, as it seems so little-known. Sorry for going off-topic, but I just heard a song earlier today referencing the French and Spanish helping the U.S. get independence, making no mention of the Dutch. It just seems like a really glaring omission, since they’re the only other country listed. 174.243.48.32 (talk) 03:19, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Co-belligerence is waging war against a common enemy with or without a formal alliance. In this case, the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-1784) was one of the theatres of the American Revolutionary War. In October 1782, the Dutch and the Americans also signed "a treaty of amity and commerce". Dimadick (talk) 13:33, 28 May 2024 (UTC)