The American Revolution was at the same time a war for independence, a war of conquest, a civil war, and a world war, fought by neighbors on American farms and between global powers separated by an ocean or more. It had an impact on millions of people, from the Green Mountains of Vermont to the swamps of South Carolina, from Indian Country to the Iberian Peninsula. By defeating the British Empire and the birth of a new nation, the American Revolution turned the world upside down. Thirteen colonies on the Atlantic Coast united in rebellion, gained independence, and established a republic that still exists. The American Revolution will present the story of the men and women of the revolutionary generation, their humanity in victory and defeat, and the crisis they went through.