America’s struggle for independence from Britain was supported by some highly influential thinkers in 18th-century Britain.

Outraged by the Intolerable Acts, the Colonies decided to meet in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774, for the first Continental Congress. The crown’s harsh laws had backfired, reminding colonists that ...

"The Siege of Yorktown" by Louis-Nicolas Van Blarenberghe, 1786. Courtesy of the Hon. Nicholas F. Taubman. If you think the American Revolution was an isolated conflict between Great Britain and the ...

Three hundred twelve years ago, in September 1711, the Tuscarora War, a little-known but important event in the history of colonial North Carolina, began. The Tuscarora War had far-reaching ...

The American Revolution took place in Indian country. This is true in two senses. First, the physical landscape of the Revolution—the fields and forests through which troops marched and fought—was ...

The Revolutionary War began on April 19, 1775, at the Battle of Lexington. Rebellions are, at root, when the people of a place make a stand against the status quo. What pushed so many men and women in ...

From India and the Palestinian Territories to Vietnam and Sudan, learn how former colonies sought independence—and how the shadow of colonialism still affects many regions today. A demonstration in ...

An unemployed Prussian drillmaster named Baron von Steuben clutches his (largely fabricated) letters of recommendation as he awaits a job interview in Pennsylvania. Molly Brant, a Haudenosaunee ...