Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...

The American Revolution was a turning point in modern history. It was one of the first successful movements to overthrow ...

The second volume of the historian’s account of the American Revolution is told with tremendous verve and detail.

The American Revolution started for a variety of political — and economic — reasons. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images “By the rude bridge that arched the flood, ...