American Revolution

Few events in history have shaped the modern world as profoundly as the American Revolution. Between the 1760s and the early 1780s, thirteen British colonies transformed themselves into an independent nation and ignited a political experiment that continues to influence global ideas about liberty, governance, and democracy. Yet the Revolution was far more complex than … Read more

A review of a classic history text and its author, Esther Forbes Few figures in American history are as instantly recognizable—and as poorly understood—as Paul Revere. Reduced in popular memory to a single dramatic night, he often appears less as a historical person than as a patriotic symbol. Esther Forbes’s Paul Revere and the World … Read more