Many historians have recently seen it as a tame, even disappointing affair. But in the Trump era, the old question of its ...
Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine and the Declaration of Independence all turned to divine sanction to make the case for breaking ...
From Spanish control to Tejano support, here's what life in Texas looked like during the American Revolution.
Historian Richard Bushman explores how colonial farmers lived, worked and helped build the foundation of a new nation.
The Detroit Institute of Arts houses five pieces the American patriot produced around the time of the American Revolution.
Colonial Americans were drinking coffee long before they dumped tea into Boston Harbor or fought a war for independence. The ...
On July 4, the United States will commemorate 250 years since the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of ...
The British punished rebellious New Englanders by depriving them of their livelihood. This led unemployed mariners to enlist ...
Recently discovered documents reveal a back-channel attempt by a leader of the Continental Congress to make peace. (He did ...
Americans want to Americanize the American Revolution. We accept the existence of a handful of single-named philosophical grandfathers—Locke and Montesquieu and the rest—and we recognize the help of a ...
Over 3,600 Michigan women are part of the Daughters of the American Revolution. They have proven lineal descent from a ...