When the king of Spain discovered that the earth was round, and because they were searching for a new trade route to India, they sent Christopher Columbus to find one the opposite way around the earth than the way that the other European countries were sailing. Of course, he ran into what we now call, North America, instead of reaching India. With this discovery, the race was on the colonize and explore the New World. After a couple of centuries of warring with each other and the natives, it led to a seven year long world war, which we call, The Seven Year's War. I know, people who come up with names for wars are so creative, am I right? Anyway, the British won the war but at the high price of 60,000,000 British pounds. Because they were in debt for protecting their colonies, they asked the colonies to give them back some money, to which the colonies said, 'no'. But the king went ahead and taxed them anyway, leading to rebellious skirmishes in Boston, including some tea being thrown into the sea and a snowball fight, and eventually, the Battles of Lexington and Concord. And this is where the Smell Of War begins.

Also, Morren Forest doesn't actually exist.  

The video linked at the top is part one to the American Revolution and the video linked below is the part 2:

Small warning about the videos though: there's some swearing and it tells you who wins which battles that will take place in this book, so they could be spoilers.