It was the American Revolution, “more than any other single event,” the famed historian Gordon Wood once observed, “that made ...

It's the middle of the summer, and once more our thoughts turn to that special place in our consciousness we reserve for July 4. We will again celebrate what we have and how we got it. We may even ...

Six months away from its 250th year, the United States of America is still in its infancy. It is an empire forever moving and ...

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 ...

By Vince Bzdek What is most striking about Ken Burns’ extraordinary new PBS documentary on the American Revolution is how ...

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

In the history of North America, there were others who had also seen the dangers of certain types of government and had ...

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 ...

Let’s leave our petty disputes and troubles aside and continue the task given us by the US Constitution– to make our people ...

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

This story, “Guns of the American Revolution,” appeared in the July 1976 issue of Outdoor Life. “This province has raised 1,000 riflemen, the worst of whom will put a ball through a man’s head at the ...