African Americans and Native Americans have had a long and complex relationship, often characterized by their similar exclusion from the fruits of freedom envisioned during the American Revolution.
Neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother, father against son.
Gamester extraordinaire Comte de Rochambeau?
Flinging the first American flag to the breeze.
“She had outwitted the British and oh how they hated her.”
A struggle over naming a struggle—when and where did the Boston Massacre gain the name?
The enemy of my enemy is my friend—what was Spain’s role (and motivation) in the American Revolution?
Even Thomas Jefferson got his dates mixed up.
From South Carolina to Maine, colonists protested the Tea Act of 1773.
Just before the Revolution, between 2,000 and 3,000 Jews lived in the colonies.
To some extent, the Boston Tea Party was the result of unintended consequences.
Linear battle formations date at least to the early 17th century.
Explore the life and works of one of the most famous revolutionaries—Thomas Paine.
Nine galleries explore the history of slavery in New York City.
Covers Congressional documents from the nation’s founding through early Reconstruction.
More than 30 letters cover conflicts from the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812 to war in Iraq.
Presents the largest set of original Washington documents in the world.