You know “America’s favorite fighting Frenchman” is the Marquis de Lafayette. But what do you know about Lafayette and his life? How and...
Investigations of the American Revolution often include explorations of politics, ideology, trade and taxation, imperial control, and...
The story of the founding of the United States is a familiar one. It usually (but not always) begins with English settlement at...
The words of the Declaration of Independence are not the only aspect of the American Revolution that carry power. Visual and material...
Death is one of the few universals in life. Everyone who is born, will die. How do the living make peace with death? While different...
Is there anything more we can know about well-researched and reported events like the Boston Massacre? Are there new ways of looking at oft...
When we think of important years in the history of the American Revolution, we might think of years like 1765 and the Stamp Act Crisis...
What was everyday life like for those who lived in early America? To get at the everyday lives of early Americans we need to look at the...
In what ways did the Atlantic World contribute to the American Revolution? Empire, slavery, and constant warfare interacted with each other...
The American Revolution is embedded in the American character. It’s an event that can tell us who we are, how we came to be who we are, and...