Famous People of the American Revolution
John Adams. Lord North. George Washington. Thomas Paine. Benjamin Franklin. Who are the most influential people of the American Revolution Era? World History Edu presents a summary of the lives...
Category: American Revolution
American Revolution: 15 Major Facts
Date: March 1765 – January 1791 Location: The Thirteen American Colonies (also known as the Thirteen British Colonies) – New England (New Hampshire; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut); Middle (New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Delaware); Southern (Maryland; Virginia; North...
Tea Act 1773: History, Date, Facts, & Significance
When the British Parliament passed the Tea Act in May 1773, the goal was to help the financially struggling British East India Company. The company, also known as the East...
Thomas Paine: 8 Major Accomplishments
Most known as the author of Common Sense (1776), one of the most famous pamphlets during the American Revolution, Thomas Paine was a Norforlk, English-born political theorist and philosopher who...
5 Major Events that Led to the American Revolutionary War
Some of the major events that triggered the eight-year American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) could be traced all the way back to the 1760s, a time when a very indebted Great...