Hurt suggests especially physical injury, often bodily injury attended with pain: a bad hurt from a fall. A wound is usually a physical hurt caused by cutting, shooting, etc., or an emotional hurt: a serious wound in the shoulder; to inflict a wound by betraying someone's trust. 1. benefit.
The American Revolutionary War (1775â1783), also referred to as the American War of Independence and as the Revolutionary War in the United States, was an armed conflict between Great Britain and those thirteen of its North American colonies which after the onset of the war declared independence as the United States of America.
The victory at Yorktown was the last major engagement of the American Revolution and effectively ended the conflict in the American's favor. 1  Winning Independence: Yorktown & Victory. 2  Tarleton's Quarter: Battle of Waxhaws. 3  Aiding Victory Ashore: Battle of the Chesapeake. 4  Fighting from the Mud: Siege of Fort Mifflin.