Military victories were essential in helping America win its independence from Britain. Early successes gave the Patriots ...

While their images might not be immortalized on dollar bills or their stories ingrained into every high school syllabus, these lesser-known figures nonetheless played critical roles in the shaping of ...

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on this 250th anniversary.

Explore major battles, declarations, and treaties from 1765–1783. Learn how colonists defeated the British Empire.

Gen. Thomas Gage led the British Army in Massachusetts during the war and wrote his famous order launching what was known as the Concord Expedition on April 18, 1775. 7 ...

On June 23, 1775, Londoners focused on enjoying a regatta, not fretting about a brewing rebellion.

While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the ...

The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

Two-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 19, 1775, British troops faced off against colonial militias in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord, and exchanged fire - the "shot heard ...

At the beginning of the American Revolution, colonists did not have an army.They relied on militias not as well trained as the British army and its allies. To defeat them, the colonists decided ...

Yes, some were using rifles, depending on what region you were from, and units in the British Army used rifles. ... Revolutionary War Weapons is now streaming on YouTube and is also available on PBS.