Ireland and the American Revolution
There is no coincidence in the date that I sat down to write this article. Monday March 17th 2014 – St Patrick’s Day. Two…
There is no coincidence in the date that I sat down to write this article. Monday March 17th 2014 – St Patrick’s Day. Two…
Reading Thomas Fleming’s fascinating article on “Celts in the American Revolution,” one is struck by the extent to which Scotland and the Scots informed…
Continued from yesterday. Read A to Z first. M is for mobilization. Revolutionary authorities became masters of mobilizing resources at a local level to…
One of the great ideals of the American Revolution was the notion that political authority derives from the will of the governed. Of the…