Most Americans are taught about the Revolutionary War starting as young children. Annual Fourth of July celebrations expose us to stories about the war even before we start attending school. When I was young we had Saturday morning television cartoon Schoolhouse Rock teaching us about American History among other things. "Rockin and a rollin, splishin and a splashin, over the horizon, what can it be? Looks like its going to be, a free country." Today young people are learning about the Revolution by listening to the cast album of Hamilton! But genealogists need to go deeper in their knowledge. For more information: American Battlefield Trust "American Revolution Facts"

Smithsonian Magazine "Myths of the American Revolution"

History of Massachusetts Blog "British Soldiers in the Revolutionary War"

Schoolhouse Rock "No More Kings"