[aquila48]

And that’s what I would call a regular war, not a popular uprising or revolution, as say what happened in Romania.

Two geographically separate states with regular armies and navies slugging it out.

[SmokingJoe]

The American War of Independence did not start as a regular war, It started as a protest/insurrection against British rule.
Heck we didn't even have a regular army then. We were a mere colony.