The British punished rebellious New Englanders by depriving them of their livelihood. This led unemployed mariners to enlist in the patriot cause ...
A new book called "American Crown" reveals Prince William descends from Revolutionary War patriot Nathan Hale and colonial ...
The conflicts that took place elsewhere in the world have receded from our collective imagination, but the American rebellion ...
Seventeen cannons dating to the Siege of Savannah in 1779 by American and French forces were recovered from the Savannah ...
Historians explain why East and West Florida remained loyal to Britain instead of joining the 13 colonies in declaring ...
This article is part of Native News Online’s America 250: A Republic Built on Native Land initiative. As the United States ...
The Catholic Church in the United States in 1776 was so tiny that it didn’t play a major role in the American Revolution—but ...
In 1776, Thomas Paine's Common Sense dismantled the moral and political foundations of British rule and argued persuasively ...
Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine and the Declaration of Independence all turned to divine sanction to make the case for breaking ...