American Revolution

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• SOURCE: National Archives Museum
  10/18/2021
  

  Lecture: H.W. Brands on The First Civil War – Loyalists and Patriots in the American Revolution (11/23)

  H.W. Brands will discuss the tensions between Loyalists and Revolutionaries in the colonies and the way those tensions shaped the course of revolution. 

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• SOURCE: The Bulwark
  10/18/2021
  

  Piety, Patriotism, and Paranoia: What Today's Right Takes From the American Revolution

  by Thomas Lecaque and J.L. Tomlin

  "As much as we might like to think that these invocations of Revolutionary identity are a misappropriation, the truth is there is plenty of precedent in early American history for the disturbing ideas, intentions, and modes of thought seen on the far right today."

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• SOURCE: Austin American-Statesman
  9/28/2021
  

  You Likely Don't Know of the Tejano Patriots of the American Revolution

  The Daughters of the American Revolution has extended recognition to Spanish Texans who fought the British and aided the American rebels in the imperial conflicts that accompanied the war for independence. 

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• 9/12/2021
  

  Teaching "All Men are Created Equal" (Part I)

  by Jeff Schneider

  A longtime teacher of American history maintains that a close reading of the Declaration of Independence makes it possible to discuss revolution and racism in a thoughtful way without intimidating either white students or students of color.

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• 9/8/2021
  

  The Specter of Emancipation and the Road to Revolution: A Rejoinder to Richard Brown et. al.

  by Woody Holton

  Woody Holton responds to a recent open letter of criticism by six Revolutionary-era historians of his interpretation of the significance of slavery as a motivation for colonial independence. 

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• SOURCE: Medium
  9/7/2021
  

  Group of Historians Challenges Woody Holton's Interpretation of the Significance of Dunmore's Proclamation

  by Richard D. Brown et. al.

  A group of scholars argues that the famous 1775 decree by Lord Dunmore that enslaved Virginians who joined the British forces would be emancipated was a desperate act that followed, not precipitated, the drive of white Virginians toward independence. 

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• 9/5/2021
  

  Lafayette as "The Nation’s Guest" (1824-1825)

  by Mike Duncan

  When Lafayette returned to America in 1824, he found the new nation already torn between his beloved ideal of liberty and the entrenched institution of slavery. HNN presents an excerpt from Mike Duncan's new book "Hero of Two Worlds." 

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  8/16/2021
  

  Why Don't the French Celebrate Lafayette?

  Two new books examine the life and legacy of the Marquis de Lafayette, whose reputation in the United States far exceeds his esteem in his native France. 

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• 4/18/2021
  

  Who Won the American Revolution?

  by Guy Chet

  Almost since the smoke cleared after the Battle of Lexington, Americans have debated the relative merits of the militias and the Continental Army in fighting the British. The relative esteem of each group has followed changes in the politics of the nation. 

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• 1/31/2021
  

  Democracy, Violence, and the Legacy of the American Revolution

  by David W. Houpt

  Although many of the Capitol rioters claimed to defend the Constitution, their actions reflect ideas derived from the Revolutionary period that the people have the right to resist tyranny by force. The Constitution sought to check that impulse by establishing a representative republic and a cultural bargain to live by the results of elections, but the two ideas have never been resolved.

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• SOURCE: Age of Revolutions
  8/18/2020
  

  How Not to Read Bernard Bailyn

  by Asheesh Kapur Siddique

  Conservatives lionizing Bernard Bailyn for supporting libertarian interpretations of the nation's founding and valorizing the founders "aligns perfectly with the reactionary effort to cancel critically engaged understandings of the American past, but poorly with Bailyn’s own far more nuanced vision of historical practice."

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/7/2020
  

  Eminent Scholar of Early U.S., Bernard Bailyn, Dies at 97

  An acknowledged landmark in scholarship, Bernard Bailyn's “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution” won the Pulitzer Prize and Bancroft Prize in 1968. 

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  7/6/2020
  

  ‘Hamilton’ and the Historical Record: Frequently Asked Questions

  The Disney+ filmed version has fans wondering what’s accurate. Historians are fans, too, and they have answers, along with caveats.

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• 7/5/2020
  

  But Why Is America Exceptional?

  by Guy Chet

  Political separation from Britain allowed old English traits to remain preserved in America, like a bug in amber, even as they were whittled away by change in the old country. 

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• SOURCE: Law & Liberty
  6/22/2020
  

  A Master Historian at Work

  by George H. Nash

  The award-winning historian's reflections on the writing and teaching of history offer a master class in the scholar's art. 

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• 3/27/2020
  

  An Interview with "Most Wanted" Author Sarah Jane Marsh

  by Chelsea Connolly

  "Although I use individuals such as Adams, Hancock, and Paine as a vehicle for the story, I want readers to understand the American Revolution was ultimately a mass movement of the people."

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/1/19
  

  244-Year-Old Rifle Stolen Decades Ago Is Returned to Museum

  The Johann Christian Oerter rifle, taken from Valley Forge State Park in 1971, will go on display at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  November 1, 2019
  

  The Evil Repercussions of the American Revolution

  A review of Matthew Lockwood's book "To begin the world all over again: how the American Revolution devestated the globe". 

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• SOURCE: NPR
  7/4/2019
  

  NPR's Cokie Roberts and Rachel Martin Answer Listener Questions About Women And American Independence

  Cokie Roberts answers listener questions and talks with NPR's Rachel Martin about the role women played in America's fight for independence from Great Britain.

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• SOURCE: Baltimore Post Examiner
  6/9/2019
  

  The hidden history of the conspiracy to kill General George Washington brought to light

  Authors Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch offer insight into a little known chapter in the saga of America’s finest son.