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Most people don’t know this, but Hugh T. Harrington is the reason that the Journal of the American Revolution exists. I remember calling him…
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Because of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride,” most people think that Revere was critical to the start of the Revolutionary War….
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Name calling, fearing mongering and demonizing the enemy were all on the propaganda menu during the American Revolution. Once hostilities commenced, another game played…
Four years into the Seven Years’ War, an expensive global conflict known better as the French and Indian War in America, a twenty-two-year-old prince…
By 1768, Pennsylvania political activist John Dickinson became a true triple threat. He was already one of the most successful lawyers and businessmen in…
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This article was originally published in Journal of the American Revolution, Vol. 1 (Ertel Publishing, 2013). Solving “the Most Astounding” Mystery of the American…
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The front page of April 18, 1765, Pennsylvania Gazette featured one of the earliest American printings of the Stamp Act. “Printed by B. Franklin,…
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Before, during and after the American Revolution, newspapers from Great Britain were widely consumed on American soil as part of the regular packet ship…
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You may think that newspapers are only good for news, but advertising is a critical part of their content. Not only does advertising bring…
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History is best served through teamwork and collaboration, so thanks to the team of 48 writers who all made Journal of the American Revolution‘s…
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If Ray Raphael had a personal mission statement, it would likely be three sentences from a recent profile story in Reed magazine: Ray wants…
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In April 1775, reports about the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord took five days to reach Philadelphia and nearly three weeks to reach Charleston,…
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Each year, more than a million people walk through the cold, dark Rotunda of the National Archives in Washington DC to glimpse the U.S….
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It’s a simple question — perhaps so basic that it’s been overlooked. How old were the key participants of the American Revolution? Authors often…
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When we asked our Facebook readers who they’d most like to see interviewed, Holly A. Mayer was at the top of that list. Mayer…
Most scholars of the American Revolution do their research in libraries and digital archives. Google Books, JSTOR, American Archives and Founders Online are among…
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I recently asked our readers via Facebook who they’d most like to see interviewed next and T.H. Breen was among the handful of historians…
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While curating the collection of American Revolution newspapers featured in Reporting the Revolutionary War, I stumbled upon a rare 18th century American newspaper loaded…
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Google Gordon S. Wood and you’ll find dozens of well-earned introductions: One of the foremost scholars on the American Revolution… One of the most…
Today we pick up where we left off yesterday with our J. L. Bell interview. 8 // As someone who knows the start of…
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When we think of prolific writers of American Revolution history, the names Bailyn, Ellis, Fleming, Morgan, Raphael, Wood and Young may come to mind….
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Let’s face it. New, high-quality video content about the American Revolution is in short supply. More institutions and individuals are realizing the importance of…
Ben Edwards is a lot of things–a children’s book author, Boston historian, collector of historic documents, relative of Paul Revere, and the No. 1…
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For the enhanced e-version of Reporting the Revolutionary War, I filmed interviews with several of the book’s historian contributors. My questions covered a lot…
During my recent book tour, the Stamp Act riot part of my talk generated the loudest audience reactions so I thought I’d re-purpose what…
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YouTube is synonymous with Gangnam Style, Giant Double Rainbows and the Evolution of Dance, but not the American Revolution, right? Wrong. When it comes…
Ask any Civil War or Rev War buff to name one modern day historical artist and chances are Don Troiani will come to mind…
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History is one giant game of telephone with information passed, often through multiple sources, to the present day. As such, it is full of…
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Thomas Fleming is one of the most prolific authors of American Revolution history. He has written 20 nonfiction books that have won prizes and…
What if the Declaration of Independence was written with today’s technology and collaboration tools? This two-minute “History Reimagined” video shows us how it might…
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Every day, we are bombarded by visually stunning infographics about virtually every subject. Data visualizations help people digest large chunks of info and have…
One of America’s favorite pastimes in 1774 was the cruel bloodsport of bull-baiting, pitting an enraged bull against several tough dogs in a fight…
“John Ashmead, Philadelphia mariner, had the unique distinction of performing one hundred voyages in a long, exciting, useful life. The accomplishment was never exceeded,…
After writing seven books, New York Times bestselling author John Green stopped textual communication and began vlogging, or video blogging. Working with his brother,…
In the 29 Aug 1765 Pennsylvania Gazette, three area printers leveraged the cursed Stamp Act as incentive to buy their almanacs.
