Historian Andrew Roberts will discuss the revolution from a British perspective on March 24 at Palm Beach's Society of the ...

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, ...

On the eve of America’s 250th anniversary, British historian Lucy Worsley will investigate the sabotage, espionage, and unrest that led to the birth of a new nation in a new two-part PBS series. Part ...

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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 ...

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, ...