Andrew Lawler

The Declaration of Independence condemns King George III. But the British were not to blame for one of the war’s most infamous conflagrations.

The commander-in-chief initially barred black soldiers from joining the ranks, but he came to understand the value—both moral and strategic—of a diverse force.

How a dispute with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor made the southern colonies’ embrace the radical cause.

The revolutionary roots of a corrosive national pastime.

Virginia Dare and the myth of American whiteness.