Lock Haven, Pa. — A descendant of Sybil Ludington, teenaged hero of the Revolutionary War, spoke at a meeting of the Clinton County Genealogical Society last month. The meeting was held at the Poorman ...

The Battles of Saratoga marked the turning point of the American Revolution, transforming a colonial struggle into a global conflict. This video explores how strategy, leadership, and timing secured a ...

Holger Hoock’s grimly detailed “history of violence” in the conflict between Great Britain and its rebellious colonies across the Atlantic offers a sobering corrective to the sanitized version of the ...

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country's founding and its eight-year War for Independence, will premiere on Sunday, November 16 at 7pm and air ...

A two-day skirmish 250 years ago between a British naval force and colonial militiamen in Hampton and Williamsburg led to what historians have come to mark when the Revolutionary War came to Virginia.

Explore the complete infographic on major world revolutions, including the Glorious, American, French, Russian, Chinese, Industrial, and modern movements. Understand their causes, key events, leaders, ...

As the feminist movement evolved in the late 1960s, women started challenging their exclusion from politics and the workplace. They also began to question traditional sexual roles. Immorality — or ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Barracks believed built by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War between 1776 and 1777 were recently discovered in Colonial Williamsburg.

A timeline of events leading up to and surrounding the Battle of Ong Thanh and the protests that broke out on the campus of the University of Wisconsin Madison in October of 1967. April 13: Terry ...

On his first day in office, Trump says he expects to put 25% tariffs on imports from Canada starting on Feb. 1. Then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promises to respond by matching 25% tariffs ...

The very best of the hundreds of books on international politics, economics, and history that were featured in the magazine this year, selected by Foreign Affairs’ editors and book reviewers.