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

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

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

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 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.

Yes, the U.S. declared independence from the British Crown in 1776. But the kind of “king” these protesters seem to fear had ...

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.

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 ...