The American Revolution in six phases, 1775 to 1783. A shot outside Boston became a siege, a declaration, and a war the rebels nearly lost on the fields around New York; the turn at Saratoga pulled France in and made it a world war; the fighting went south, turned neighbor against neighbor, and ended in a trap at Yorktown that only an allied fleet could close. Read straight through as one story, or drop into any phase and follow it down to its battles.
The war as it unfolded, 1775 to 1783.
01OutbreakA standoff became a shooting war, a siege, an invasion, and a rebellion declared.177502The War for the NorthThe Declaration, the New York disaster, and the ten days that kept the cause alive.177603Two ArmiesTwo British armies, two separate wars, and the surrender that bought a navy.177704A World WarThe war goes global, goes south, and nearly dies at home; the hero turns traitor.177805The Southern Turn & YorktownGreene loses every battle and wins the map, and five strands meet at a tobacco port.178006The PeaceTwo years of waiting, leaving, and almost breaking, ended by a commission handed back.1782