↑British writers generally favor "American War of Independence", "American Rebellion", or "War of American Independence". See Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Bibliography at the Michigan State University for usage in titles.
↑In this article, the geographical area of the thirteen colonies is often referred to simply as "America" and the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies who supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans", with occasional references to "Patriots", "Whigs", "Rebels" or "Revolutionaries". Colonists who supported the British in opposing the Revolution are referred to as "Loyalists" or "Tories".
↑A cease-fire in America was proclaimed by Congress on April 11, 1783 pursuant a cease-fire agreement between Britain and France on January 20, 1783. The final peace treaty was not signed until September 3, 1783.
↑ 2.02.12.2Jack P. Greene and J. R. Pole. A Companion to the American Revolution (Wiley-Blackwell, 2003), p. 328.
↑Jasanoff, Maya, Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World (2011)
↑Greene and Pole (1999), p. 393; Boatner (1974), p. 545
↑Howard H. Peckham, ed., The Toll of Independence: Engagements and Battle Casualties of the American Revolution (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1974)
↑American dead and wounded: Shy, pp. 249–50. The lower figure for number of wounded comes from Chambers, p. 849.
↑Louis Duncan, Medical Men in the American Revolution (1931) Page 373
