Daniel Boone is known to many us as the man who blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap and opened the west to settlement. What is often overlooked is his adventures coincided with the American Revolution.
All in Bios
John Paul Jones - The Father of the American Navy
John Paul Jones is famous for being the Father of the American Navy, though he spent just a short time in the United States.
John Collins and the Sacrifice of Popularity For Union
John Collins was Governor of Rhode Island during the most turbulent time in the State's history.
Timothy Bloodworth and His Futile Fight Against the Constitution
Timothy Bloodworth is a little known Founder who almost kept North Carolina out of the Union.
Tench Coxe - The First American Economist
Tench Coxe could be considered Americas first political economist.
Edmund Pendleton and the Scandal That Started a Revolution
Edmund Pendleton was a Virginian Revolutionary who helped propel America toward revolution. But his most notable moment was his involvement in a scandal that almost bankrupted his colony.
George Washington: The Early Years
We look at some of the early events in the life of George Washington to help understand how he developed into the famous First President.
Richard Bland and the Early Days of American Rebelliousness
Richard Bland was arguing against unfair British taxes long before most of the Founding Fathers came of age.
John Marshall and the Midnight Judges
John Marshall was the Father of the American Judicial System
Nathanael Greene and the Revolution's Southern Front
When Nathanael Greene took charge of the Southern Department he was second in command of the Continental Army.
Betsy Ross and the Truth About the First American Flag
Betsy Ross was an American Patriot who dedicated her life to clothing the Continental Army and sacrificed her family for Independence. But about that first flag...
Henry Tucker and the Bermuda Gunpowder Plot
Henry Tucker may not have been an American, but his role in the Bermuda Gunpowder Plot helped the colonists secure much needed ammunition early in the Revolutionary War.
Matthew Tilghman and the Freemen of Maryland
At the beginning of the American Revolution, someone from Maryland had to lead its people to independence. Matthew Tilghman stepped into that role.
Thomas Fitzsimons - A Catholic at the Constitutional Convention
Thomas Fitzsimons was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention representing Pennsylvania.
George Read - A New Delaware, A New Nation
George Read was present for many of the major political events in the American Revolution and his fingerprints were quietly scattered around the creation of the United States.
Philip Schuyler - The Major General From New York
Philip Schuyler was one of the handful of Americans selected as an original Major General in the Continental Army.
Austin Roe - Washington's Spy on Horseback
Austin Roe did a job so thankless that it took over 100 years before anyone realized he did anything at all.
The Marquis de Lafayette - The French American Revolutionary
Although there are a number of Frenchmen who served in the American Revolution, none can claim to have had the same impact as the Marquis de Lafayette.
Robert Treat Paine - Upholding the Rule of Law
Although less famous than the other Massachusetts delegates, Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Daniel Shays' Rebellion
Daniel Shays was a Continental Army veteran who came home from the war to what he (and many of his friends) felt were unfair taxes. They decided to do something about it.