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

This summer, one of our Founding Fathers will be visiting Gering. Come see Benjamin Franklin on Friday, June 27 at 7 p.m. in the Gering Civic Plaza. Character actor Larry ...

Ken Burns’ The American Revolution debuts on PBS Nov. 16. A tie-in book, The American Revolution: An Intimate History by ...

Pat Blackman returned to the Hill Country Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution by popular demand to discuss Roger Sherman, a pivotal figure in America’s founding.

American colonists who aligned with the British lost their lands, their reputations and sometimes even their lives ...

And in March, 1776, Benjamin Franklin spent his ... homes in the Thirteen Colonies. Franklin was among those who fought against compensating them in the Treaty of Paris. At the same time, more ...

Benjamin Franklin ... piece silk suit pictured above belonged to Franklin; originally a dark plum color, it has faded to a brownish hue. It is thought to have been made in France around 1778, the year ...

In the pantheon of New England-born patriots, no two men stood higher than Benjamin Franklin and John Adams ... In 1778 Adams joined Franklin in Paris, arriving just after his masterful ...

One of these diplomats was Benjamin Franklin. ... The next year, Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, recognizing American independence. A decade later, in January 1793, ...

The next year, Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, recognizing American independence. A decade later, in January 1793, during a significantly different revolution in France itself, Louis XVI ...

Let’s go back to when France and the new US signed a treaty in 1778. American forces depended on French arms, ... Benjamin Franklin returned to Paris and for a time was popular.

"There was never a good war or a bad peace," Franklin famously remarked during the Treaty of Paris negotiations. Franklin’s vision for global cooperation offers an important lesson for America ...