Advertisement

Politics

The Retreat of Popular Sovereignty

by David Otersen

On September 15, 1787, as the Constitutional Convention drew to a close, James Madison noted that George Mason, a fellow delegate from Virginia and...

READ MORE
Advertisement

Featured in JAR

The War Years (1775-1783)

February 26, 2025

Cricket Hill and Gwynn’s Island: Captain Arundel’s Only Fight

by Patrick H. Hannum

In researching the little-known Battle of Cricket Hill/Gwynn’s Island that took place on July 9-10, 1776, in what was then Gloucester County and today...

READ MORE

Crime and Justice

February 25, 2025

Samuel Mason: Revolutionary Turncoat or Opportunistic Pirate?

by Carter F. Smith

In the chaotic aftermath of the American Revolution, the boundaries between heroism and villainy were often obscured by economic hardship, social instability, and territorial...

READ MORE

Reviews

February 24, 2025

Washington’s Marines: The Origin of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775–1777

by William Edmund Fahey

BOOK REVIEW: Washington’s Marines: The Origin of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777 by Jason Q. Bohm. (El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie,...

READ MORE
February 20, 2025

Contributor Question: Underrated Events of 1775

by Editors

From time to time we ask our contributors a question about some aspect of the American Revolution and the founding era (circa 1765-1805). This...

READ MORE

Discover The Journal of American Revolution

Advertisement