American Revolution

While five Americans proudly pose holding the momentous Treaty of Paris, the British are notably absent in Benjamin West’s ‘Signing of the Preliminary Treaty of Peace.’

In the 21st century, American policies more closely resembles its colonial overlord than an upstart— a precarious position in an increasingly connected world.

The soldiers at Valley Forge risked the prime years of their lives on the hope that the American Revolution would benefit them after the war.

The U.S. has always been a work in progress, but since the Revolution, we have always believed in equality. Now Trump makes us doubt any notion of shared values.

In one battle, British and Hessian mercenaries tried to break through their line– assuming these mostly black troops would be easily overrun. They couldn’t have been more wrong.

Short on manpower, and relying on a loose combination of regular army troops and local militia, Nathanael Greene wrested the South from the British and saved the Revolution.

Contrary to what Trump and others preach, America was saved at its birth by immigrants and alliances with foreign powers, and is sustained by them today.