Also the author does give the year in the next paragraph. So no googling required. I also didn't know what the date of the American revolution was, but I under

Also the author does give the year in the next paragraph. So no googling required. I also didn't know what the date of the American revolution was, but I understood it was just an example. > if you’re like me, you’ll find the question much easier to answer given the second version of the sentence, because you remember the American revolution as starting in 1776, not in the 76th year of the 18th century.