American Revolution

<p>The American War for Independence was part of an international trend -- a new focus on the individual that inspired people to new insights, new proclamations, and new assertions of rights.</p>

<p>Largely overlooked in histories of the Revolution, the Battle of the Chesapeake is in fact one of the most important naval engagements in history, leading to the American victory at Yorktown.</p>

<p><em>American Heritage</em> is launching a major effort to research and promote historic taverns from the Founding era.</p>

<p>The outcome of the American Revolution may have been affected by catastrophic storms in the deadliest hurricane season in recorded history.</p>

<p>Research by <em>American Heritage</em> reveals that the Royal Navy had 24 warships sunk or heavily damaged in October 1780, which must have affected Britain's ability to fight in the months before the surrender at Yorktown.</p>

<p>A menu for a 1779 New England Thanksgiving included dishes from turkey and venison to pumpkin pie.</p>

<p>The World Trade Center attack wasn’t the first time New York was brutally assaulted — 225 years before, George Washington watched the city burn from his headquarters in northern Manhattan after painful military defeats.</p>

<p>No figure in the Revolutionary era inspired as much affection and reverence as Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette</p>

<p>An estimated 1500 privateering ships played a crucial role in winning the American Revolution, but their contributions are often forgotten.</p>

<p>Enlisting an army of alter egos, Adams used the Boston press to make the case for American independence and to orchestrate a burgeoning rebellion.</p>

<p>Our nation is free because, 250 years ago, brave men and women fought a war to establish the independence of the United States and created a system of government to protect the freedom of its citizens.</p>

<p>In “the cradle of the American Revolution,” loyalists to the Crown faced a harsh choice: live with terrible abuse where they were, or flee to friendlier, but alien regions.</p>

<p>The dumping of tons of tea in protest set the stage for the American Revolution and was a window on the culture and attitudes of the time.</p>

<p>At a curious stone tower in Somerville, Massachusetts, panic in 1774 could have sparked a war seven months before Lexington and Concord entered the history books.</p>

<p>We can’t let the home of one of the great heroes of the American Revolution be demolished.</p>

<p>The farmhouse of General John Glover, one of the great heroes of the American Revolution, is scheduled to be demolished after July 1, 2024.</p>

<p>John Glover and the men of Marblehead saved the Continental Army several times, and then helped it cross the Delaware to victory at Trenton and Princeton.</p>