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Lithograph of Benedict Arnold.
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How Benedict Arnold Helped Win the Revolution

Some historians think Benedict Arnold's treason may well have aided the American cause in the Revolutionary War.
by Peter Feuerherd, Andy Trees, Lori J. Duchame, Gary Alan Fine via JSTOR Daily on January 14, 2017
Soldiers in Continental Army
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Rumming with the Devil

A perusal of Benjamin Franklin’s "Drinker’s Dictionary," and a chat about how the drink of choice in revolutionary America switched from cider to rum.
via BackStory on January 1, 2016
"Declaration of Independence" by John Trumbull

Give Me Independence: On 1776, the Pivotal Year For What Would Become America

Why 1776 became the year Americans declared themselves an independent nation.
by Edward J. Larson via Literary Hub on December 5, 2025
The Boston Massacre, printed by Paul Revere Jr., 1770.
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Deploying Federal Troops to U.S. Cities Is a Second Amendment Issue

But not because the founders wanted to see more guns in the hands of Americans.
by Noah Shusterman via HNN on December 3, 2025
John Adams, Jefferson's pamphlet on the Rights of British America, and Franklin's "Join or Die" cartoon.

What Actually Changed in 1776

The most consequential shift that year was not one of battle lines but of ideology.
by Edward J. Larson via The Atlantic on November 10, 2025
A drawing of the burning of Norfolk.

In January 1776, Norfolk Was Set Ablaze, Galvanizing the Revolution. But Who Really Lit the Match?

Blaming the British for the destruction helped persuade some colonists to back the fight for independence. But the source of the inferno was not what it seemed.
by Andrew Lawler via Smithsonian Magazine on October 26, 2025
The founders at the Constitutional Convention with the "We the People" as a backdrop.

“Shall We Have a King?”

Some delegates at the Constitutional Convention wanted a strong executive, while others feared the American president might become a king.
by William E. Leuchtenburg via American Heritage on October 10, 2025
British flag with writing that says, "Liberty for Slaves."

The Black Loyalists

Thousands of African Americans fought for the British—then fled the United States to avoid a return to enslavement.
by Andrew Lawler via The Atlantic on October 8, 2025
George Washington saying farewell to his officers in 1783.

Where George Washington Would Disagree with Pete Hegseth About Fitness for Command and a Warrior

Washington’s ‘warrior ethos’ was grounded in decency, temperance and the capacity to act with courage without surrendering to rage.
by Maurizio Valsania via The Conversation on October 2, 2025
An abolitionist lithograph depicting enslaved people celebrating the Fourth of July while a white judge sits on bales of cotton with his feet on the Constitution, 1840

The Contradictory Revolution

Historians have long grappled with “the American Paradox” of Revolutionary leaders who fought for their own liberty while denying it to enslaved Black people.
by David S. Reynolds via New York Review of Books on July 31, 2025
A painting of George Washington on horseback reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland.
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Merry, Manly Militias

Levity and play — eerily combined with anxiety, terror, and deadly violence — shaped the identity and image of Early Republic militias.
by Eran A. Zelnik via HNN on January 28, 2025

Farmer George

The connections between the first president’s commitment to agricultural innovation and his evolving attitudes toward his enslaved laborers at Mount Vernon.
by Daniel J. Kevles via New York Review of Books on January 23, 2025
The American Flag, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and a Jewish Star with Hebrew words.

The Spirit of '76: A Jewish Perspective on the American Revolution

What was “exceptional” about the American Revolution wasn’t so much the creation of a single republic but the immediate opportunity it provided for action.
by Michael Hoberman via Marginalia Review of Books on September 27, 2024
Book cover; painting of Founding Fathers sitting around a table

The Continental Dollar: How the American Revolution Was Financed with Paper Money

Economists and historians have been telling us the wrong story about Continental currency for two centuries.
by Gabriel Neville via Journal of the American Revolution on January 29, 2024
Silhouette of a Black man's head, against a background of Lord Dunmore's proclamation.

Enslaved by George Washington, This Man Escaped to Freedom—and Joined the British Army

Harry Washington fought for his enslaver's enemy during the American Revolution. Later, he migrated to Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone.
by Francine Uenuma via Smithsonian Magazine on June 14, 2023
A drawing of St. Johns, Canada, beside a river.

Remember Baker

A Green Mountain Boy's controversial death and its consequences.
by Mark R. Anderson via Journal of the American Revolution on May 4, 2023

Was Declaring Independence Even Important?

Reflections on the latest public debate between historians about the causes of the American Revolution.
by William Hogeland via Hogeland's Bad History on September 15, 2021
"The Washington Family," painting by Edward Savage, c. 1789–1796. (National Gallery of Art)

The Silence of Slavery in Revolutionary War Art

Artists captured and honored the intensity of the American Revolution, but the bravery and role of Black men in the war was not portrayed.
by Edna Gabler via Journal of the American Revolution on July 13, 2021
Drawing ofGeorge Washington addressing the Continental Congress.

‘George Washington’ Review: Our Founding Politician

Washington was a savvy packager of his own personal virtues. He knew that if you don’t engage in a bit of self-aggrandizement, you lose.
by Barton Swaim via The Wall Street Journal on February 15, 2021

America's Black Soldiers

The long history behind the Army's Jim Crow forts.
by Elizabeth D. Samet via The American Scholar on July 11, 2020

6 Myths About the History of Black People in America

Six historians weigh in on the biggest misconceptions about black history, including the Tuskegee experiment and enslaved people’s finances.
by Jessica Machado, Karen Turner via Vox on February 18, 2020
Donald Trump.
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How Trump’s Airport Gaffe Masked A Dangerous Misunderstanding of the Revolutionary War

America won its freedom thanks to strong alliances.
by Lawrence B. A. Hatter via Made By History on July 12, 2019
Liberty bell.

The Sounds of Independence

How was the Fourth of July celebrated during the Revolutionary War?
by Emily Sneff via Uncommon Sense on July 2, 2019

Revisiting the Prayer at Valley Forge

The fable of George Washington's prayer was meant to foster religious tolerance, not paint him as a pious leader.
by Blake McGready via Journal of the American Revolution on October 15, 2018

How the American Revolution was Made on Honor and Sold on Merit

A review of "American Honor: The Creation of the Nation’s Ideals during the Revolutionary Era."
by Mark Boonshoft via The Junto on May 18, 2018
George Washington resigning his commission as commander of the Army
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Why George Washington Rejected a Military Parade in his Honor

Of all the precedents the first president set, this is one of his most overlooked — and most important.
by Lindsay M. Chervinsky via Made By History on April 18, 2018
George Washington

Hawks vs. Doves — Which Side Would the Founding Fathers Have Taken?

Expansionism, and sending the military into others' lands, is a critical component of American republicanism, and a factor in independence itself.
by William Hogeland via Los Angeles Times on June 4, 2017

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