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Minutemen

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

What began as a civil war within the British Empire continued until it became a wider conflict affecting peoples and countries across Europe and North America.

Editor’s Note: One of the leading historians of the American Revolution and Founding era, John Ferling is a professor emeritus at the University of West Georgia and the author of two dozen books.

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