Feel the sense of what it was like to be on the ground at the battlegrounds where the American Revolution was fought.

A decade before America’s original No Kings movement, Ben Franklin stood in London before the House of Commons and — while ...

Explore major battles, declarations, and treaties from 1765–1783. Learn how colonists defeated the British Empire.

The American Revolution began 250 years ago. ... Just like that, 92,000 pounds of tea went overboard and the Boston Tea Party became legend. King George III was livid.

In a spate of demonstrations around the Boston area Saturday, anti-Trump protestors invoked the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord as they chanted for “no kings” in America.

The birth of the American Revolution 07:48. ... About halfway between Boston and Concord: ... And that was the first time that a colonial officer ordered his Minute Men to fire on the King's soldiers.

How many have fallen we know not. The constant roar of the cannon is so distressing that we cannot Eat, Drink or Sleep.” This ...

As the United States now celebrates 250 years since the American Revolution, Raphael said it’s ironic that the courthouse closures in Worcester and Western Massachusetts are so overlooked. He said the ...

His columns needled the British on issues like unfair taxation. Then, in 1770, he started the Massachusetts Spy at the age of 21 near Boston’s Fanueil Hall. “The Massachusetts Spy is one of a few ...

April 2025 marks 250 years since the famous "shot heard round the world" was fired, beginning a chain of events that resulted in the establishment of a new American nation.