Hah, aye.

Although I do know an improbable amount (for a brit) about the revolutionary war. (it was 1776, after the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill (all technically losses for the Americans but the latter very much a Pyrrhic victory for the British) when the Second Continental Congress in Ken's very own Philadelphia declared independence) :Y

I only know what I have learned through listening to Revolting People, a charming radio sit-com set in revolutionary Baltimore.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolting_People