The fateful tent on display at the Museum of the American ... Revolution. The Frenchman had become a major general in the Continental Army at the age of 19, was a close friend of George Washington ...

During their retreat, the British met resistance from American militia in ... When the Revolutionary War broke out in 1775, ...

Thus George Washington, at age 16 ... in Chief of the new Continental Army in what was fast becoming the American Revolution. Thereafter he was on the move, fighting and retreating hither and ...

If George Washington’s audacity on January 3, 1777, had not reversed the patriots’ retreat and routed the advancing British, the American Revolution might have been extinguished. Yet such is ...

Aaron Burr, who served briefly on his staff during the Revolution, considered George Washington a second-rate general. Alexander Hamilton, on the other hand, admired him and stood by his side as ...

George Washington was the first president ... turned-president ensure the survival of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, he also laid down a number of massively important ...

During the Revolutionary War, conditions were dismal for American colonists. Against heavy odds ... Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed ...

This article was written by Boyertown Middle School East Eighth-Grade Students Aislyn McAghon, Gabi Carr, and Elena Childs.

You know about the leprechauns and the Irish and the pot of gold, but did you know that St. Patrick's Day has another historical significance in America?

George Washington forced British troops to evacuate ... month embargo on petroleum sales to the United States. The embargo, during which gasoline prices soared 300%, was in retaliation for U.S ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington ... effort truly national. During the war, Washington's battle record ...