In the US "Revolutionary War", the colonists were mainly English colonists and their descendants, but there were also French, Dutch, and Polish settlers. The thirteen colonies were all along the...
The USA declared independence July 4th, 1776. But was not actually independent until we kick the the British out which was just after the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia in 1781.I hope this answers...
You celebrate the day that the U.S. got it's freedom and was no longer under control of the British. Also, I think its when the U.S. became not a part of the 13 colonies anymore.
The American war of independence was when America was taken over by the British Empire... the Americans had to pay really high taxes and they didn't have much contribution to the power of the empire...