Teenagers were critical to the American victory in the Revolutionary War. Over half of the colonial population was under the age of 16. A draft of all boys betw

Young Continental soldiers carried a heavy burden in the American Revolution. Their experiences of coming of age during the upheavals of war provide a novel per

On his farm in Maryland, sixteen-year-old Caleb Jacobson waits anxiously for news from Boston: rumors have it that colonials are staging an armed rebellion agai

The first exploration of the profound and often catastrophic impact the American Revolution had on the rest of the world. While the American Revolution led to d

Children caught up in the maelstrom of the American Revolution