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The Treaty of Paris, signed in 1783, concluded the American Revolutionary War. It established the boundaries of the new United States, formally acknowledging independence from Great Britain. This agreement secured recognition for the newly formed nation and defined its territory. Primarily for the U...

Turn: Washington’s Spies depicts the activities of the Culper Ring, a covert intelligence operation during the American Revolutionary War. The series chronicled the efforts of spies operating behind British lines, originally airing on AMC from 2014 to 2017. It was based on a historical account of th...

"Mission US: For Crown or Colony?" is an educational, role-playing video game developed by WNET and released in 2010. Designed for middle school students, the game focuses on the events leading up to the American Revolution. Players control Nat Wheeler, a 14-year-old apprentice in 1770 Boston, navig...

Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, and early industrialist who played a significant role as a Patriot during the American Revolution. He is best known for his April 1775 midnight ride, which warned colonial militia in Massachusetts of the approaching British forces before the battles...

Crispus Attucks was a man of African and Indigenous descent who was killed on March 5, 1770, during the Boston Massacre. He had worked as a sailor and is widely identified as the first person to die in the confrontation between colonists and British soldiers. Attucks became a symbol of the American...

For Want of a Nail is a 1973 alternate history novel written by American author Robert Sobel. The book is structured entirely as a non-fiction academic textbook, complete with historical tables, footnotes, and a bibliography. It details the history of two divergent North American nations from the po...

The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 8, 1775, as a final attempt to avoid full-scale war between the American colonies and Great Britain. Drafted primarily by John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, the document appealed directly to King George III, affirming colo...

The Battle of Guilford Court House was fought on March 15, 1781, near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War. British forces under Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis drove Major General Nathanael Greene's American army from the field, but suffered losses the...

A political activist and author whose pamphlet 'Common Sense' (1776) galvanized American public opinion for independence. Paine also wrote 'The American Crisis' series ('These are the times that try men's souls'), read to Washington's troops. His work 'Rights of Man' defended the French Revolution....

The Battle of Camden was a major military engagement of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 16, 1780, in South Carolina. The conflict resulted in a decisive victory for British forces under the command of General Charles Cornwallis over the American Continental Army led by General Horati...

Haym Salomon was a Polish-born Jewish merchant and broker who supported the Patriot cause during the American Revolution. Working in the financial network associated with Robert Morris, he helped sell government securities and bills of exchange; in 1781 he endorsed government bonds with his personal...

George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 until his death in 1820, and he was the first monarch of the House of Hanover born in Britain. His reign included the American Revolutionary War and the loss of Britain's Thirteen American Colonies. It also included the 1800 Acts of Union, w...