[Ads-l] Antedating of "American Revolution"

[Shapiro, Fred]

American Revolution (OED 1779)

1776 William Henry Drayton in _South-Carolina and American General Gazette_ (Charleston, S.C.) 21 Nov. 116/1 (Newspapers.com)  The CHARGE to the GRAND JURY. ... CAROLINIANS ! heretofore you were bound -- by the American Revolution you are now free.

Fred Shapiro

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