Revolutionary War Crash Courses

Revolutionary War Leaders

Learn more about the Patriot and British leaders who defined the Revolutionary War era.

John Jay

The youngest son of French Huguenot refugees, John Jay was born in New York City, on December 12, 1745. Jay's father, Peter Jay, was a wealthy...

Thomas Hutchinson

Thomas Hutchinson was born on September 9, 1711, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was a wealthy merchant, and his great-great-grandmother was Anne...

President George Washington

When George Washington stepped out onto the pavilion at Federal Hall in New York City on April 30, 1789, he was making history yet again. Newly fifty...