In this task you will be given a passage and a yes/no question based on the passage. You should answer the question using the information from the passage.

passage: The American Revolutionary War (1775--1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was an 18th-century war between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies (allied with France) which declared independence as the United States of America.
question: was the american war of independence a revolution?
Yes