Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolutionary War with the "shot heard 'round the world" on Lexington Green in Massachusetts on April 19, 1775. The conflict ...

Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately 1.5 million. In addition to settlers from Great Britain, a steady stream of German immigrants began to arrive ...

Still, for people living in the 13 colonies—free or enslaved—the American Revolution changed life much less fundamentally. David K. Allison, curator emeritus, National Museum of American ...