Book

Declaring Independence

Why 1776 Matters

Edward J. Larson

2025

W. W. Norton & Co.

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

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

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