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, ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. You come to LAist because you want ...

In 1776, 13 American colonies declared independence from one of the most powerful empires in the world, igniting a bloody eight-year war that claimed thousands of lives and ended in Britain’s ...

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, ...