While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution, choosing sides and deciding whether to fight in the war was far from an easy choice for American colonists. The great ...

Adams knew the American Revolution had to build up a new government ... The day ended in a British retreat to Boston. But the war would be long — John Adams had predicted it might span 10 ...

Patrick Mantle, an East Rockaway, N.Y., history buff, needs a few good men and women—and even children—to fill the ranks of the Huntington Militia. Mantle isn’t some radical firebrand.

Photo Bank via Getty Images) The American Revolution, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary series from the prolific Ken Burns that explores the country’s founding and its eight-year War for ...