Jefferson, who has been called “the apostle of liberty,” delivered some of the most impassioned criticisms of slavery in the ...

Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Ken Burns is releasing a deep look into the fight for American ...

The most sensational rumor going back more than a century, is that Margaret Kemble Gage, the wife of the British general, helped tip off the American Revolution.

In effect, the American Revolution did not end when Gen. Charles Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington; it has been a living and constantly growing set of truths.

John Adams believed the American Revolution was a radical shift in the principles, opinions, and affections of the American people. Gordon Wood, a historian, emphasizes the Revolution's impact on ...

“We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be,” Kevin ...

This timeline of the American Revolution charts the important events of the American Revolutionary War between 1765 and 1783. Uncover key battles, the Declaration of Independence, and the Treaty ...

There is an American practice of putting self over society, privilege over people, power over peace. So long as we, the individuals, are gaining money and privilege, never matter the pain of others.

Documentary filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein “didn’t realize for a long time” that the release of their upcoming six-episode series on the American Revolution would line up with the ...

Next year, America will celebrate its semiquincentennial, or its 250th anniversary, but the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution is this year.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Rick Atkinson in Lexington, Mass., about the first book of his forthcoming trilogy about the American Revolution, "The British are Coming." ...