Today, July 4, marks the 249 th birthday of the United States of America. That puts America 365 days from the big 250, a pretty good run for something as temporary-sounding as the “American ...

Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was escalating martial law in Boston under different legislation, the Coercive Acts of 1774, that transformed American resistance into full-scale revolution.

Burns — whose upcoming film "The American Revolution" is expected to air on PBS on Nov. 16 — also reflected on some of the "complicated stories" in America's short history.

The American Revolution sprang not from individualism, but from the Bible A rare printing of the Declaration of Independence on display at Sotheby’s in New York in January.

But with the American Revolution, which began 250 years ago this month, it can be harder to appreciate the life-and-death stakes in the colonists' fight for freedom.

Explore the roots of the American Revolution in this animated documentary. From the end of the French and Indian War to the Boston Massacre, we examine the growing tensions between Britain and the ...

"The Case Against the Case Against the American Revolution," July 4, 2019. A rebuttal to longstanding claims - advanced by critics on both right and left - that the Revolution did more harm than good.

Battles of Lexington and Concord: A key moment when tensions exploded. The first battles of the American Revolution between the U.S. Minutemen and British on April 19, 1775.

It's the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and it's still not clear who fired the first shot of the American Revolution? Does it even matter?

Wood’s landmark book "The Radicalism of the American Revolution," will help teachers see the big picture, to understand the level of change and to grasp why the Revolution matters.