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George Washington's attack on Germantown, in October 1777, resulted in failure. But how did it change the course of the war?

As anti-taxation protests turned to war in the Thirteen Colonies, even moderates ended up being forced to take sides. So was the ...

Warrior, scholar and diplomat, Joseph Brant was a powerful leader of the Mohawk Nation. Forced to choose sides at the outbreak ...

After the Revolutionary War was won, Daniel Shays led a thousand-strong rebellion of disgruntled farmers who almost plunged ...

In 1780, when the British took Charleston, it looked as if the rest of South Carolina might end up in Loyalist hands. But a band of ...

When it came to the psychology of war, 18th century Britain had a secret weapon: the bayonet. This brutal weapon was ...

In 1777, a huge British expedition was making its way South from Canada. John Burgoyne, sent a thousand men to Bennington, ...

The first person to die in the American Revolution, Crispus Attucks became a symbol of resistance against British rule. Why did he ...

The story of Molly Pitcher - cannon firing heroine of the Battle of Monmouth - is famous. But is it a myth? Or was there a real Molly ...

The Battle of Oriskany was one of the most bloody of the entire Revolutionary War. It was fought between Patriot militia and ...

In 1776, the British intended to end the Revolutionary War in North America swiftly and decisively. But their plans to crush the ...

The Continental Congress was America's first true ruling body. As the American Revolution unfolded, the colonies sent delegates ...

Denounced as a pirate by the British and a hero by the Patriots, how did John Paul Jones, a Scottish sailor, become a Continental ...

The American Civil War wasn't just fought on land – it took place on rivers and seas too. But the contrast between Union and ...

In October 1777, two small undermanned forts on the Delaware River were all that were stopping the British from gaining ...

Before the Revolutionary War took hold, there was hope amongst several American colonists that the British King, George III, ...

Having defeated the British, gaining its independence after eight bloody years of war, the great American experiment was almost ...

The Culper Spy Ring was a network of brave, self-taught spies, who stole information out of New York City, right under the noses ...

The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important and misunderstood documents in U.S. history. So, what did it actually ...

The Declaration of Independence was the first-ever document to cement equality into the founding principles of a nation, though it ...

For those enslaved, it was the perpetrator of countless horrors. So why did almost 200000 African-Americans put their lives on the ...

Spies: Their names became a by word for betrayal. They were tortured. Hanged. And their bodies strung up in public. Why did ...

Women weren't just spectators of the American Civil War – they played a vital role in the home, the workplace, the battlefield and ...

On the battlefields of the Revolutionary War, a new weapon conveyed deadly advantages - the rifle. So why did the musket remain ...

It was the most destructive conflict in US history – but the American Civil War also saw the emergence of new technologies and ...