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James M. Smith

James M. Smith

James M. Smith graduated with Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and lives in King William County, Virginia. It is his hope to write a political, not military, history of the revolution—the history that John Jay asked Charles Thomson, the secretary to the Continental Congress, to write, but which never got written—telling the story from the point of view of the Loyalists as well as the Patriots. He believes it is important to understand that the American Revolution was as much a civil war as it was a revolution.

Diplomacy, Letters and Correspondence, Native Americans, Prewar Politics (<1775) May 23, 2023 May 24, 2023

John Dickinson and the Letter to Canada

After the French and Indian War the British government made a number of decisions with respect as to how it would govern its North…

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Diplomacy, Espionage and Cryptography, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) February 2, 2023 February 2, 2023

The Lonely Vigil of America’s First Diplomat

After the French and Indian War, or the Seven Years War as it was known in Europe, Spain and France began to plan for…

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Law, Loyalists, Politics During the War (1775-1783) November 8, 2022 November 8, 2022

John Joachim Zubly: PART 3, A Patriot Essayist Whose Cause Was Lost

In the 1760s and through 1775 John J. Zubly was the leading Whig in Georgia. He wrote a number of sermons and political tracts…

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Economics, Loyalists, Politics During the War (1775-1783) November 7, 2022 November 8, 2022

John Joachim Zubly: PART 2, A Patriot Congressman Whose Cause Was Lost

Georgia did not send a delegation to the first Continental Congress in 1774. The least populous colony of the thirteen British colonies in North…

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Books and Publications, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Religion November 6, 2022 November 4, 2022

John Joachim Zubly: PART 1, A Patriot Minister Whose Cause Was Lost

Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961), a French philosopher, once said that the definition of a traitor was “a patriot whose cause was lost.” In the time…

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Diplomacy, Frontier, Native Americans, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Prewar Conflict (<1775), Prewar Politics (<1775) May 3, 2022 May 2, 2022

Charles Thomson and the Delaware

There are many, many founding fathers in the story of America’s Revolution and unfortunately only a few are really known to the general public….

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Loyalists, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Prewar Politics (<1775) January 26, 2022 January 26, 2022

Joseph Galloway’s Plan of Union

Late in September 1774 the Continental Congress was in the middle of an ongoing debate on the means that should be implemented to restore…

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Constitutional Debate, Diaries and Journals, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) January 11, 2022 January 10, 2022

Undeceived: Who Would Write the Political Story of the Revolution?

In July 1783 John Jay, one of the Americans negotiating a treaty of peace between Great Britain and the United States, was sitting at…

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Critical Thinking, Political Philosophy, Prewar Politics (<1775), Primary Sources November 4, 2021 November 1, 2021

How America Declared its Rights

During the seventeenth century and into the eighteenth century the political philosophers of Europe were writing and discussing some new and radical ideas on…

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Loyalists, Patriots, Prewar Politics (<1775) May 25, 2021 May 21, 2021

Massachusettensis and Novanglus: The Last Great Debate Prior to the American Revolution

When John Adams returned to Massachusetts after the session of the First Continental Congress, he was surprised to find that there was growing opposition…

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Journal of the American Revolution is the leading source of knowledge about the American Revolution and Founding Era. We feature smart, groundbreaking research and well-written narratives from expert writers. Our work has been featured by the New York Times, TIME magazine, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Smithsonian, Mental Floss, NPR, and more. Journal of the American Revolution also produces annual hardcover volumes, a branded book series, and the podcast, Dispatches.

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