Keep exploring American Revolution.

Trace how imperial conflict became a war across communities and oceans, and explain why independence did not settle freedom or belonging for everyone.

1. 1. From imperial crisis to armed conflict — Connect protest, household choices, and the first armed confrontations without treating any one colony as the whole story.
2. 2. Independence and contested freedom — Explain why declaring independence did not make all people free or politically equal, and recognize choices made by Black people and Loyalists during the war.
3. 3. A war across nations and oceans — Connect campaigns in North America to Indigenous diplomacy and the international conflict that expanded after 1778.
4. 4. Victory, violence, and an unsettled peace — Explain how military victory led to a treaty while violence and dispossession continued for many communities.