The American Revolution

Artifacts

[1]
Model of Hannah, First U.S. Ship [1]
U.S. Navy Museum

[2]
Regulations for the Order and Discipline of Troops of the United States [2]
Valley Forge National Historic Park

[3]
Washington, Lafayette & Tilghman at Yorktown [4]
Maryland Statehouse

Stories

Recent

From Our Archives

"The Sparck of Rebellion" [5]

by Douglas Brinkley [6]

Badly disguised as Indians, a rowdy group of patriotic vandals kicked a revolution into motion

Benedict Arnold: How the Traitor Was Unmasked [7]

by James Thomas Flexner [8]

"Whom can we trust now?" cried out General Washington when he discovered his friend's "villainous perfidy."

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Patriots or Terrorists? [9]

by Edwin G. Burrows [10]

The Lost Story of Revolutionary War POW's

Robert Morris and the "Art Magick" [11]

by John Dos Passos [12]

Skillful money-juggling by America’s first financier aided the new nation but led Morris himself to utter ruin

Franklin Charms Paris [13]

by Thomas Fleming [14]

The 70-year-old statesman lived the high life in Paris and pulled off a diplomatic miracle

Cursed by ancestry, beset by forces he could not grasp, George III is usually remembered as the ogre of Jefferson's Declaration. An eminent English historian reassesses that strange and pathetic personality

Sites

[17]
Independence Hall [17]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

[18]
Saratoga National Historical Park [18]
Saratoga, New York

[19]
Morristown National Historic Park [19]
Morristown, New Jersey

Links:
[1] http://www.americanheritage.com/content/model-schooner-ihannahi
[2] http://www.americanheritage.com/content/regulations-order-and-discipline-troops-united-states-part-I
[3] http://www.americanheritage.com/content/washington-lafayette-tilghman-yorktown
[4] http://www.americanheritage.com/content/Washington-Lafayette-Tilghman-Yorktown
[5] http://www.americanheritage.com/content/sparck-of-rebellion
[6] http://www.americanheritage.com/users/douglas-brinkley
[7] http://www.americanheritage.com/content/benedict-arnold-how-traitor-was-unmasked
[8] http://www.americanheritage.com/users/james-thomas-flexner
[9] http://www.americanheritage.com/content/patriots-or-terrorists
[10] http://www.americanheritage.com/users/edwin-g-burrows
[11] http://www.americanheritage.com/node/50844
[12] http://www.americanheritage.com/users/john-dos-passos
[13] http://www.americanheritage.com/content/franklin-charms-paris
[14] http://www.americanheritage.com/users/thomas-fleming
[15] http://www.americanheritage.com/node/51281
[16] http://www.americanheritage.com/users/j-h-plumb
[17] http://www.americanheritage.com/node/20722?nid=20722
[18] http://www.americanheritage.com/node/21223?nid=21223
[19] http://www.americanheritage.com/node/22734?nid=22734