America’s independence wasn’t declared in a day — it was forged through years of unrest, resistance, and revolution. This ...

America was not the only nation at war with Great Britain during at this time. France, Spain and the Netherlands were also at ...

So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...

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

Being a Virginian made Washington a symbol of the Continental Congress’s effort to show that beleaguered Boston was not alone ...

The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

Thousands filled the cobblestone streets of the historic town of Colonial Williamsburg Friday as Ronald L. Hurst, chief ...

While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the ...