The repression of political dissent in Czarist Russia led many future revolutionaries to literature as a gateway...
Revolution
Even after his death in 1790, Franklin remained an American celebrity. Introduction Born in Boston on January...
It was not new ideas but old ones that led the colonists to revolt and form a...
Warren was an eloquent, persuasive polemicist who died a martyr at Bunker Hill. By Michael McQuillan “I’m...
The late eighteenth century was marked by imperial competition, as European powers vied for control of land...
Who identified as “American” during the Revolution? To what extent did the American Revolution serve the interests...
By shielding British loyalists from persecution, the founder elevated principles over prejudice. The struggles of America’s cultural...
The departure of those who aligned themselves with Great Britain rather than the revolutionary cause. Originally published...
Popular uprisings and resistance to taxation played havoc with the nine departments into which the National Assembly...