Ken Burns's new documentary on the American Revolution engages in historical revisionism that ignores actual history.

Ending explained for The American Revolution episode 4. How losing Philadelphia, Saratoga’s victory, and Valley Forge set up the French alliance.

George Mason University Political Scientist Jack Goldstone joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about revolutions. Can there be a revolution without violence? Does every revolution ...

Burns told a Dallas audience in June that his treatment of the American creation story includes obscure characters and perspectives.

The holidays always feel like a little exhale. A moment to pause, reset and dream about where the next passport stamp might ...

Full disclosure, I’m a proud daughter of the first American Revolution. My ancestor, Benjamin Parsons fought at Lexington & ...

Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth. Painting by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1857. Monmouth County Historical Association The war began on April 19, 1775, with the Battles of Lexington and Concord ...

Mexico: A 500-Year History’ by Paul Gillingham “Mexico and Mexicans have had just about enough of being analyzed,” said ...

An Algerian appeals court has upheld a seven-year prison sentence for French sports writer Christophe Gleizes, convicted of ...

Anti-Catholicism was not a central force driving the colonists to revolt, but it played a role, shaping their political ...

Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, ...