While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution, choosing sides and deciding whether to fight in the war was far from ... havoc for several years with his guerrilla ...

The growth in heavy industry was fuelled by the wars - the Seven Years' War (1756-63), the American War of Independence (1775-83) and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793-1802 ...

Adams knew the American Revolution had to build ... a British retreat to Boston. But the war would be long — John Adams had predicted it might span 10 years — and the outcome never assured.

When the Seven Years’ War ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763, Britain had secured the whole of the Atlantic coast of North America, and had also triumphed in India and the Caribbean.

Ken Burns’ upcoming six-part series The American Revolution, which explores the country’s founding and its eight-year War for Independence, has been lined up for a fall premiere on PBS. The 12 ...