The American Revolution was a conflict between Great Britain and its 13 North American colonies, which declared independence as the United States of America. The seeds of the war were the growing ...

Two secret battlefield letters written by George Washington during one of the toughest winters of the Revolutionary War have ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historian and author Don Hagist provided opening remarks to begin his lecture about the British Army before and during the Revolutionary War. The ...

Spain joins the war, but not as an ally of American independence – as an enemy of Britain. In June 1779, Spain joins France in the war against England. As empire with colonies in America, Spain does ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The end of the final British military presence in Charleston came during the American Revolution as British soldiers left the Holy City on Dec. 14, 1782. In February of 1780, ...

And then a fiery, Scottish-born captain took the fight to Britain itself. John Paul Jones didn’t just harass British shipping—he invaded British soil. With a crew of rough sailors and a sloop-of-war, ...

We learned in school the Battle of Saratoga in New York was unequivocally the turning point of the Revolutionary War. Its significance is real: Saratoga helped secure French alliance and transformed ...