In the summer of 1776, Boston offered smallpox inoculation to everyone and required those who declined to...
American Revolution
The American Revolution transformed thirteen British colonies into an independent republic through war and political upheaval. Its promises of liberty inspired sweeping change while exposing profound contradictions that endured after independence.
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...
When their cause was defeated, about 15 percent of the Loyalists (65,000–70,000 people) fled to other parts...
The departure of royal officials, rich merchants, and landed gentry destroyed the hierarchical networks that thrived in...
A noted historian debunks the conventional wisdom about America’s War of Independence. Introduction We think we know...
What do the ghosts of that bloody history whisper to us now? At this moment that feels...
Mackintosh played a key role in riots and other events related to the protest and eventual repeal...
These acts worked, inadvertently, towards unifying colonists against British policy. Abstract The purpose of my project is...
It can be traced, in part, to the Enlightenment and its profound impact on colonial thinking. Political...
The original Green Mountain Boys were a militia in what is now Vermont in the decade prior...
Soldiers were typically yeoman farmers with a sense of honor and status and an ideological commitment to...
The term has also been applied to various later civilian paramilitary forces trying to recall the success...
Corroborating Prudence’s wartime adventures is difficult. Introduction Prudence Patterson was born in 1743 (either in Wales or...
Great Britain hoped that the Intolerable Acts would isolate radicals in Massachusetts and cause American colonists to...
Even after his death in 1790, Franklin remained an American celebrity. Introduction Born in Boston on January...
Establishing a nation in which the people were sovereign and the aristocracy had no place. The North...
Warren was an eloquent, persuasive polemicist who died a martyr at Bunker Hill. By Michael McQuillan “I’m...
Who identified as “American” during the Revolution? To what extent did the American Revolution serve the interests...
General George Washington gave the orders to destroy towns and take prisoners in Sullivan’s Campaign, but her...
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill, 17 June, 1775, by John Trumbull...
John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 1786–1820, oil on canvas, 20 7/8 x 31...
This painting depicts the forces of British Major General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805) (who was...
Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – The Second Continental Congress 1.1 – Introduction...
Engraving of the Boston Tea Party by E. Newberry, 1789 / New York Public Library Edited by...