The tide of the war rose in Washington’s favor as his troops became more ex­perienced and proficient in just this type of ...

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Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...

Joseph Warren was a key leader of the American Revolution, mobilizing troops and managing a circle of spies. But he's mainly ...

The Declaration of Independence condemns King George III for having “burnt our towns.” But the British were not to blame for ...

The second volume of the historian’s account of the American Revolution is told with tremendous verve and detail.

In 1775, an unsung hero of the Revolutionary War, Western Pennsylvania's Colonel William Thompson, helped drive back the ...

Janet Livingston married Richard Montgomery on July 24, 1773. She never remarried after his death during his campaign to Canada in winter 1775. She never let anyone forget “my general” or “my soldier, ...

We need a new American Revolution that will lead our nation from the pits of greed, oligarchy, lunacy, autocracy, and elitism ...

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, the latest documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, ... helping develop braver leaders and more courageous cultures. In 2024, ...

Citizens from 19 countries stood together to read the oath of allegiance on Thursday, finalizing the last step in their ...