25 Best Sites (to Visit): Colonial America and the American Revolution by Clint Johnson

November 16, 2015  | By William Glasgow

Plan a trip to visit several of these or check back when you are travelling to see if you will be close by. These are the 25 best sites for experiencing and re living Colonial American times and the American Revolution. The table provides the dates the original 13 colonies where founded. The maps below depicts who controlled North America in 1754 and locations and dates of the important battles from 1775 to 1781:

1. Boston, Massachusetts
2. Lexington & Concord, Massachusetts
3. Plymouth, Massachusetts
4. Fort Stanwix, New York
5. Fort Ticonderoga
6. Saratoga, New York
7. Morristown, New Jersey
8. Trenton & Princeton, New Jersey
9. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
11. Mount Vernon, Virginia
12. Jamestown, Virginia
13. Williamsburg & Yorktown, Virginia
14. Roanoke Island, North Carolina
15. New Bern, North Carolina
16. Moorse Creek Bridge, North Carolina
17. Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina
18. Old Salem, North Carolina
19. Charleston, North Carolina
20. Camden, South Carolina
21. Kings Mountain, South Carolina
22. Cowpens, South Carolina
23. Savannah, Georgia
24. Augustine, Florida
25. Vincennes, Indiana