American Revolutionary Era

1763–1783 CE

The American Revolutionary Era grew from imperial taxation, colonial protest, political argument and armed conflict between Britain and thirteen colonies. It stretched from post-Seven Years’ War tensions to independence and the Treaty of Paris. The period involved soldiers, loyalists, patriots, enslaved people, Indigenous nations, women, merchants and foreign allies.

It matters because it created the United States while leaving many conflicts unresolved. Liberty, empire, slavery, loyalty and republican government all collided in ways that shaped later American history. The era supports military fiction, family sagas, spy stories and novels about divided communities.

American historical fiction gives these entries strong book-discovery value, from James Fenimore Cooper and Kenneth Roberts to Michael Shaara, Charles Frazier, Geraldine Brooks, Paulette Jiles, Larry McMurtry, Charles Portis and Philipp Meyer. Series fiction often follows families, soldiers, settlers, enslaved people, outlaws, scouts and frontier towns across several generations. These pages can connect war novels, frontier fiction, literary westerns, colonial narratives and novels about revolution, slavery and expansion.

Related people for American Revolutionary Era

Abraham Lincoln1809–1865 Abraham Woodhull Alexander Hamilton1757–1804 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington1769–1852 Benedict Arnold1741–1801 Benjamin Franklin1706–1790 Benjamin Tallmadge Bernard Montgomery1887–1976 Charles Cornwallis Charles II of England1630–1685 Douglas MacArthur Erwin Rommel1891–1944 Francisco de Miranda1750–1816 Francis Marion Francis McLeandied 1781 George III1738–1820 George S. Patton George Washington1732–1799 Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Giuseppe Garibaldi1807–1882 Horatio Nelson1758–1805 James Madison1751–1836 John Adams1735–1826 John André John Moore1761–1809 Louis XVI of France1754–1793 Napoleon1769–1821 Nathanael Greene Paul Revere1735–1818 Peggy Shippen Peleg Wadsworth1748–1829 Robert Clive1725–1774 Robert Townsend Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald1775–1860 Thomas Gage Thomas Jefferson1743–1826 Ulysses S. Grantborn 1946 William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe1729–1814 William Tryon1729–1788

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