Archaeological investigation finds musket balls at Fort Necessity battlefield in Fayette County 00:48. The site of the first skirmish of the seven-year-long French and Indian War has been verified ...

William Thompson, a man rarely if ever mentioned in American history books, became the first commissioned colonel in the ...

In the mid-18th century, the French presence in North America dwindled as a result of the French and Indian War. Guilbert Gates In the summer of 1753, the French started acting more brazenly.

So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...

Centering his analysis on Native American history, Tortora reconsiders the rise of revolutionary sentiments in the South while also detailing the Anglo-Cherokee War from the Cherokee perspective. -- ...

This Fourth of July marks the 249th anniversary of Independence Day, but there are several dates that are related to ...

At the eastern edge of Westmoreland County’s Route 30 corridor lies one of the state’s best example of a colonial fort — Fort Ligonier, the site of the October 1758 battle where British and Colonial ...

Britain’s tariff policies on Indian goods were not just economic measures; they were tools to maintain imperial control over ...

A historical epic chronicling the life of America's first president will hit theaters next Independence Day, Angel Studios ...