A new book explores how painters, sculptors and writers, especially women and people of color, used their craft to advocate ...

Napoleon Sarony, “The Declaration of Independence,” 1843–1853. Harry T. Peters, “America on Stone.” Lithography Collection. Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History This hand-colored ...

A deadlock over the distribution of power threatened to derail the creation of a constitution for the newly formed United ...

Sam Tanenhaus' new biography examines the life and influence of the political commentator, magazine editor and TV debater who ...

Robert Kaplan’s latest book on big geopolitical questions reflects a shift away from high-minded ideals in US establishment thought. But instead of self-critical pragmatism, what he offers as a ...

The American Revolution: a constitutional interpretation by McIlwain, Charles Howard, 1871-1968. Publication date 1923 Topics United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes., United States -- ...

How a public health crisis nearly derailed the American Revolution. George Washington confronted a smallpox epidemic with a belief in science—and a controversial plan.

Books About the American Revolution. Last updated: July 6, 2022 by Regan McMahon. The American colonial period and the Revolutionary War for independence from Britain are rich subjects for kids. From ...

Research featuring Carr Center's Erica Chenoweth. Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to ...

Today, we mark three days in June 1775 that helped the American Revolution. At the beginning of the American Revolution, colonists did not have an army.

Credit: Depositphotos Since the military coup in Myanmar in 2021, many Myanmar academics have left their home nation, driven by fear, repression, and the dismantling of the country’s education ...

The revolution was an ongoing story of surprise and improvisation. Military historian Rick Atkinson, whose “The Fate of the Day” is the second of a planned trilogy on the war, called Lexington and ...