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December 14, 2005	Good article nominee	Listed
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Section sizes

Section size for American Revolutionary War (47 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	24,101	24,101
Prelude to revolution	3,079	18,781
Taxation and legislation	4,876	4,876
Break with the British Crown	3,778	3,778
Political reactions	3,345	3,345
Declaration of Independence	3,703	3,703
War breaks out	2,459	70,274
Early engagements	9,845	9,845
British New York counter-offensive	8,283	8,283
Patriot resurgence	3,955	3,955
British northern strategy fails	7,671	7,671
Foreign intervention	8,825	8,825
Stalemate in the North	5,416	5,416
War in the South	7,908	7,908
Western campaign	8,185	8,185
British defeat	7,727	7,727
Strategy and commanders	3,030	30,481
American strategy	1,018	11,637
Continental Army	7,467	7,467
Continental Navy	3,152	3,152
France	2,720	2,720
British strategy	4,052	13,094
British Army	4,340	4,340
German troops	4,702	4,702
Revolution as civil war	29	15,082
Loyalists	3,627	3,627
Women	3,247	3,247
African Americans	4,357	4,357
Native Americans	3,822	3,822
Peace negotiations	7,252	7,252
Aftermath	44	16,375
Territory	2,911	2,911
Casualties and losses	5,188	5,188
Legacy	2,006	2,006
Historiography	4,708	4,708
Revolutionary War commemoration stamps	1,518	1,518
See also	141	1,779
Topics of the Revolution	282	282
Social history of the Revolution	421	421
Others in the American Revolution	112	112
Lists of Revolutionary military	352	352
Legacy and related	471	471
Notes	44	44
Citations	106	106
Bibliography	83,803	83,803
Further reading	21,553	21,553
External links	1,627	1,627
Total	291,258	291,258

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