American Revolution 
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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.
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SOURCE: WHYY
6/1/2019
American Revolution libraries to merge into one historical powerhouse
Once in Philadelphia, the David Library will become the David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society.
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SOURCE: Voice of America
1/11/19
Historian Susan Schulten on How Maps Provide a Special View of American History
Early maps helped establish a national identity and loyalty for the United States in its early days.
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1/13/19
A Tyrant's Temper Tantrum
by Ed Simon
How the History of England's 17th Century Civil War, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War Shows the Shutdown's Potential to Spur Radical Change
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6/24/18
Where Are the Moderates?
by Joyce Lee Malcolm
In tumultuous times like these, they have trouble gaining traction, as this example from the American Revolution shows.
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4/1/18
You Remember the American Victory at Cowpens, Don’t You?
by Jim Stempel
Probably not. (It was in the American Revolution.) But here’s why you should. It was a key to the victory at Yorktown.
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11-3-17
We’ve Been Missing This One Key Fact About General George Washington
by Thomas Fleming
What made him a great leader in the Revolution was his willingness to change strategy mid-way through the war.
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8-31-17
Whatever Your Thoughts About Robert E. Lee, You're Bound to Admire His Ancestor, Richard Henry Lee
by Harlow Giles Unger
He was the First Founding Father – and he believed blacks deserved to be free.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
7-19-17
Why the second American Revolution deserves as much attention as the first
by Gregory P. Downs
It is not hard to see why people celebrate Independence Day and forget the period of Reconstruction after the Civil War, even though that period was, in many respects, a Second Founding that re-created the republic and the Constitution.
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