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This is a list of military conflicts, that United States has been involved in the 18th century.
This list is part of a larger series of list articles that cover the various wars involving the United States from its colonial roots to the present. They are:
For the criteria of what may be permitted on this list, see Lists of wars involving the United States.
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Conflict | Allies | Opponent(s) | Result for the United States and its Allies | Leader of the United States |
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American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) Part of the American Revolution and the Atlantic Revolutions Location: North America, Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean and Europe Specific locations of American involvement: Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, British America, Irish Sea, North Sea and Spain ![]() | Patriots:
Co-belligerents | ![]() Co-belligerents | US-allied victory
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Cherokee–American wars (1776–1795) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Old Southwest ![]() | Cherokee Supported by:
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Moroccan seizure of the Betsey (1784) Location: Off the coast of Cádiz, Spain | ![]() | ![]() | Moroccan victory
| President of the Continental Congress: Vacant (until November 30, 1784); Richard Henry Lee |
Northwest Indian War (1785–1793) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Northwest Territory ![]() |
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American–Algerian War (1785–1795) Location: Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Algerian victory
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Quasi-War (1798–1800) Location: Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean ![]() | ![]() Co-belligerent: ('See: Invasion of Curaçao (1800)) | ![]() | Inconclusive
| President of the United States: John Adams (March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801) |
The renaming can happen relatively quickly: for example, the transatlantic conflict of the 1770s that many contemporaries saw as a British 'civil war' or even 'the American Civil War' was first called 'the American Revolution' in 1776 by the chief justice of South Carolina, William Henry Drayton.
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