The role of Billy Flora, a free Black man, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of rights — show a paradox of the ...

Then and now, the definition of patriotism summons complicated feelings that speak to politics, partisanship, and how love of ...

George III, king of Great Britain and its colonies at the time of the American Revolution, has been maligned unfairly. During ...

The film discusses the role of literature in sparking the American Revolution, highlighting how printed materials influenced public opinion and mobilized colonists against British rule.

On February 26, 1775, residents of Salem, Massachusetts, banded together to force the British to withdraw from their town during an oft-overlooked encounter known as Leslie's Retreat ...

On March 17, 1776, the Continental Army under Gen. George Washington forced British troops to evacuate Boston.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — 250 years ago, several women gathered in Market Square in Providence to protest British rule ... and how it impacted the American Revolution. Just weeks later, the ...

Did the Westminster Massacre ignite the American Revolution ... and would become the leaders in the upcoming Revolution against British rule. The Tories were often landed gentry, families who ...

The British Parliament had imposed a tax on the colonies in 1773 that rendered American ... forefront of the revolutionary movement and strengthened opposition to British rule,” the historical ...