From debt-driven taxes to colonial defiance, Britain’s policies after 1763 united diverse colonies in resistance, laying the ...
On July 17, the Liberty brought two Connecticut-based ships into Newport Harbor, accusing their captains of customs ...
The most consequential shift that year was not one of battle lines but of ideology.
Jefferson saw independence as a fight for liberty — and for access to the western lands that promised power and profit.
“The American Revolution” is a six-part series starting Sunday, Nov. 16, on PBS.
In the summer of 1774 Jefferson retreated to Monticello and wrote a secret plea meant to avert disputes with the British — a ...
His post came as a U.N. shipping agency convened in London to debate a first-of-its-kind global carbon-pricing framework. “No taxation without representation. Being taxed by the UN would be far more ...