George Washington’s genius did not rest in tactical brilliance alone. His achievement was to hold together an...
American Revolution
Today, the quarrel over whether the United States is a democracy or a republic repeats an old...
Paine’s words flew off the shelves. By Sonja AndersonDaily Correspondent/ContributorSmithsonian Magazine It was Philadelphia in the winter...
“The World Turned Upside Down” By Harrison W. MarkWriter and HistorianWorld History Encyclopedia Introduction The Treaty of Paris,...
The rebellion led many Americans to realize that a stronger central government was necessary and influenced Constitutional...
Washington had to maintain the army in the face of a bankrupt Congress and disgruntled troops. Introduction...
Americans rejected old practices such as divine right monarchy, Papism, religious persecution, theocracy in all forms. This...
What it was like to be on a battlefield during the U.S. War of Independence. Introduction The...
A self-educated woman, she became a staunch Patriot during the American Revolution. Introduction Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814)...
Appearances of shared political and cultural identities can at times serve as a wedge driving people apart....
The Revolutionary War established the model, including tensions and flaws, for later conflicts. Introduction [The Congress] think...
Rice’s identity remains uncertain, but his representation of mid-19th-century ideals of the Revolution is clear. Introduction “He...
A comprehensive, systematic, and dispassionate analysis of the relationship between the two events. That there was a...
Publisher John Binns publicly proposed printing a large, ceremonial engraving of the text. Numerous ceremonial copies of...
The polemical importance of the search for clear Whig and Tory identities was strongly felt by contemporaries....
Fuel came from distorted news reports used to drum up enthusiasm for overthrowing an illegitimate government. Introduction...
The desire to gather the papers and records of the Revolution informed a series of publishing projects....
Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence, but many of those ideas...
The victory of France and its American allies reaffirmed France’s status as a great military power. Introduction...
If Walter Isaacson’s Franklin winks at us over the centuries, Dr. Small plays hide and seek. One...
The Old North Church was built in December 1723, inspired by the works of Christopher Wren. Old...
Henry and Lucy Knox sacrificed family, home, and beliefs to adopt their new American identity. In late...
In the summer of 1776, Boston offered smallpox inoculation to everyone and required those who declined to...
Three American Revolutionaries your textbooks never told you about. Joseph Harris Not all enslaved Americans of the...
Here he was a living legend—a pristine icon of the most glorious days of the Revolution. From Hero...
When people fled the new United States in the 18th century, they were taken in by the...
The ring was tasked to provide General Washington information on British Army operations in New York City....
Refusing to lead a military coup against the Continental Congress in 1783 put the new nation on...
Joseph Warren’s political activism began with his writings about the Stamp Act, and he began to be...
Loyalist individuals were inspired to action or inaction by a variety of motives, only some of which...