Still, for people living in the 13 colonies—free or enslaved—the American Revolution changed life much less fundamentally. David K. Allison, curator emeritus, National Museum of American ...

In “Shots Heard Round the World,” John Ferling argues that substantial – and secret – aid from France helped the colonists ...

How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...

Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolutionary War with the "shot heard 'round the world ...

Launched this day in 1775 with the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the American Revolution was an effort by 13 British colonies in North America (with help from France, Spain, and the Netherlands) ...

The 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord kicks off what local historians hope will be many events to ...

That day, most agree, marked the beginning of the American Revolution ... by a struggle to establish the 13 Colonies as a coherent nation. Even then, the Revolution was not simple to define.

including the desire among Britain’s enemies to see it humiliated by one of its colonies, although it was partly that. More important, the American Revolution provided the world of the ...