George Mason University Political Scientist Jack Goldstone joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about revolutions. Can there be a revolution without violence? Does every revolution ...

COLUMN. In a spectacular documentary, the filmmaker advocates for a nuanced and diverse understanding of the history of the American War of Independence against the British Crown – a perspective that ...

It was the American Revolution, “more than any other single event,” the famed historian Gordon Wood once observed, “that made ...

It's the middle of the summer, and once more our thoughts turn to that special place in our consciousness we reserve for July 4. We will again celebrate what we have and how we got it. We may even ...

An in-depth look at the premiere episode of Ken Burns' latest documentary The American Revolution. We examine the pivotal moments leading to war, from years of rising tension to the Battle of ...

Ending explained for The American Revolution episode 4. How losing Philadelphia, Saratoga’s victory, and Valley Forge set up the French alliance.

Burns told a Dallas audience in June that his treatment of the American creation story includes obscure characters and perspectives.

U.S. history is a strange, exceptional field of play where, to paraphrase Garrison Keillor’s famous sign-off from Lake Wobegon, all the revolutions are strong, all the revolutionaries are kind, and ...

By Vince Bzdek What is most striking about Ken Burns’ extraordinary new PBS documentary on the American Revolution is how ...

Anti-Catholicism was not a central force driving the colonists to revolt, but it played a role, shaping their political ...

This story, “Guns of the American Revolution,” appeared in the July 1976 issue of Outdoor Life. “This province has raised 1,000 riflemen, the worst of whom will put a ball through a man’s head at the ...