John Ferling
Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781 John Ferling Bloomsbury (May 2021) From April 1775 until October 1777, how and why Britain “could have and should have won the war” In his Preface, John Ferling explains that…
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July 4th is the day on which Americans celebrate the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. Joe Carter examines five facts you should know about America’s founding document and the day set aside for its commemoration. 1. July 4, 1776…
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Igniting the American Revolution Derek W. Beck Source Books (May 2016) Those were indeed the times that “tried men’s souls” I was reminded of that observation by Thomas Paine, as well as another: “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered;…
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Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It John Ferling Bloomsbury Press (2015) How and why the American Revolution “was caused and driven by economic factors and colonists’ desire to control their destiny” I was and remain intrigued…
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Independence: The Tangled Roots of the American Revolution Thomas P. Slaughter Hill & Wang/A Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2014) A comprehensive response to John Adams’ question, “What do we mean by revolution?” The question posed by Adams in…
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A timeline of how thirteen colonies became an independent nation
With all due respect to the Civil War’s importance in our nation’s history, there would have been no nation to preserve had thirteen colonies had not somehow defeated the British almost ninety years previously. Most historians agree that the key…
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