Top 10 Articles of July 2014
byJuly was another monumental month for Journal of the American Revolution. We exceeded 80,000 pageviews (our second best month since launch), hosted our fourth…
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Silas Deane, Forgotten Patriot
bySilas Deane assisted the Patriot cause as a congressman, merchant, and diplomat. In 1776, Deane undertook a mission to France as the Patriots’ official,…
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The Stamp Act – A Brief History
byWithin a decade of the passage of the Stamp Act, England and her colonies would go to war. The Act would have a profound…
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Would they change their names?
byRead the newspapers published during the American Revolution, and you’ll find descriptions of deserters. It doesn’t matter which newspaper, or whether it was published…
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Plotting the ‘Sacricide’ of George Washington
byThere are two versions of how the plot to murder George Washington first came to light in June 1776, precisely at the moment a…
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Ti’s Evacuation and the Battle of Hubbardton
byThe evacuation of Fort Ticonderoga in July, 1777, is a well-known incident of the American Revolution. Directly related to it is the Battle of…
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Rawdon’s Ruse
byPut a large army in a rural community overseas, and some problems are bound to occur. Such was the case when thousands of British…
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Revolutionary Friendship
byTwo men are sitting drinking pints of ale in a Boston tavern. One is a strapping, full-faced young merchant given to loud laughter; the…
George Washington’s Top 10 Talents According to John Adams
byCrotchety old John Adams had finally had enough. It was bad enough that after George Washington’s battlefield victories at Trenton and Princeton, the idol…
For Love of the Footnote
byI love footnotes. I won’t read a historical article if it does not have proper footnotes; why waste my time? When thumbing a book…
The Mystery Book and the Forgotten Founding Father
byOne of the great literary mysteries of colonial American history is the identity of “An American,” the anonymous author of American Husbandry (London, 1775)….
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Top 10 Partisans of the Southern Campaigns
byThe focus of my studies on the American Revolution is the militia activities in the southern campaigns. In this context, I believe the term…
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Honorable Lords and Pretended Barons: Sorting Out the Noblemen of the American Revolution
byThe Revolutionary War brought a substantial number of European noblemen to North America, a region that lacked a hereditary aristocracy. Although most of these…
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A Meal Afloat
byAs early as October of 1775, the Continental Congress voted to authorize its first naval vessels[1], and as these ships were outfitted and crewed,…
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Favorite Piece of Propaganda?
byPropaganda was important during the Revolution. What is your favorite propaganda item? Why? My favorite is Tom Paine’s “These are the times that…
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Favorite Revolutionary War Site to Visit?
byFavorite RevWar site (battlefield, home, museum, etc.) to visit today? Why? My favorite site is Yorktown. There’s enough still there to give you…
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Most Important Diplomatic Action?
byMost important diplomatic action of the war? Why? The most important diplomatic action of the war was signing the treaty of alliance with …
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Best Husband-Wife Duo?
byAside from John and Abigail, what was the best husband-wife duo of the Revolution? Why? The best husband wife team–better than John and…
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Greatest Consequence?
byGreatest consequence of the American Revolution? The greatest consequence of the Revolution is the way the Declaration of Independence spread around the globe….
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Drayton’s Secret Committee and The Effigy
byEighteenth century politics remain an incredibly interesting topic. The history of the American Revolution provides a number of good examples. For instance, following the…
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Spies, Patriots, and Traitors: American Intelligence in the Revolutionary War
byBook Review: Spies, Patriots, and Traitors: American Intelligence in the Revolutionary War, Kenneth A. Daigler, Georgetown University Press, 2014, ISBN-10: 1626160503, ISBN-13: 978-1626160507, 9.1”…
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George Washington’s Mount Vernon: A Landscape for the New Cincinnatus
byWhen George Washington returned to Mount Vernon in the last days of 1783, he became the new Cincinnatus. Roman senators in the fifth-century B.C….
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10 Myths for the Fourth of July
by1. On July 4, 1776, the United States declared itself an independent nation. This is almost true, but the timing is a tad off….