The fight for American independence needed more than colonial arms. Britain’s diplomatic isolation proved a powerful weapon ...

With “Rebellion 1776,” Anderson returns once again to the Revolutionary War era. Set in Boston, the story begins toward the ...

The Revolutionary War, while not nearly as deadly as the Civil ... The soldiers were therefore paid in debt certificates, commonly known as Pierce Notes. The problem was that nobody really ...

NOVA “Revolutionary War Weapons” Wednesday, April 9 at 9:00 pm In April 1775, war breaks out in Britain’s most troublesome ...

Organized in preparation for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the exhibition is on display in the ...

The life story of William “Billy” Flora, a Black man and celebrated Revolutionary War hero, illustrates the paradoxes of America’s founding. Flora was born in Portsmouth in 1755 to Mary ...

For most Americans of the time, the Revolutionary War was a struggle for freedom and an independent nation. However, for members of the church it represented a conflict between loyalty to an ...

Tucker explained that Salem, a formerly enslaved man born in Framingham (volunteer researcher Kevin Swope notes that Salem ... 250th anniversary of Revolutionary War The history center also ...

LEXINGTON — On April 19, 1775, the Revolutionary War began. On April 20, 1775, Concord and Lexington began fighting over where exactly that war began. Now, with the 250th anniversary approaching ...

While John Adams called for a declaration of independence in the Continental Congress, a down-on-his-luck Englishman named Thomas Paine sounded the clarion call for revolution in January 1776 ...

In his international history of the Revolutionary War written for the 250th anniversary ... Many colonists, as Mr. Ferling notes, believed France would give help in any confrontation.