The story of the American Revolution as traditionally recounted is the saga of the thirteen colonies fighting their colonial ruler, Britain, for independence. But an equally compelling part of the ...

The American Revolution examines how America’s creation turned the world upside-down. Thirteen British colonies on the Atlantic Coast rose in rebellion, won their independence, and established ...

this 1776 broadside edition was created to disseminate America's founding document to the public Julia Binswanger The Englishman’s pamphlet helped spur the 13 colonies to declare independence ...

An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written ...

Documentarian and New Hampshire resident Ken Burns is almost ready to release his new series, a six-part, 12 hour show on the American Revolution. It will air for six consecutive nights and will ...

he’ll ask them which of the original 13 colonies was the wealthiest before the American Revolution and also had an African American majority at the time. Recently, Wood spoke with Colorado Arts and ...

The logline: The American Revolution examines how America’s creation turned the world upside-down. Thirteen British colonies on the Atlantic Coast rose in rebellion, won their independence ...

Ken Burns’ upcoming six-part series The American Revolution ... and at nearly 100 locations within and beyond the original 13 colonies, including at Colonial Williamsburg, Fort Ticonderoga ...

The Englishman’s pamphlet helped spur the 13 ... and American troops had battled for the first time at Bunker Hill. Revolutionary sentiment had been brewing throughout the American colonies ...