The American Revolution took place in Indian country. This is true in two senses. First, the physical landscape of the Revolution—the fields and forests through which troops marched and fought—was ...
The Revolutionary War began on April 19, 1775, at the Battle of Lexington. Rebellions are, at root, when the people of a place make a stand against the status quo. What pushed so many men and women in ...
An unemployed Prussian drillmaster named Baron von Steuben clutches his (largely fabricated) letters of recommendation as he awaits a job interview in Pennsylvania. Molly Brant, a Haudenosaunee ...
Three hundred twelve years ago, in September 1711, the Tuscarora War, a little-known but important event in the history of colonial North Carolina, began. The Tuscarora War had far-reaching ...