British troops and loyalists fled Boston by ship for Canada in "disgrace" after nearly a decade of occupation that incited protest, bloodshed and then revolution, on this day in history, March 17, ...

Delegates from all thirteen colonies convene for the Second Continental Congress at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. The representatives remain divided — some hopeful for reconciliation ...

For enslaved Black Americans living through the Revolutionary War, freedom sometimes meant donning the red coat of the enemy.

One year after a remarkable American victory over the British in the Revolutionary War, residents of Charleston held a public celebration. The commemoration, organized by The Palmetto Society ...

This image provided by Colonial Williamsburg Foundation shows bricks that were believed to be part of military barracks during the American Revolution at an archaeological dig at Colonial Williamsburg ...