The introductory narrative of "The American Revolution" takes up a style Burns established at the outset of "The Civil War." ...
Pigeons fly over the river Thames, with the Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, left, in the background, in central London, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. On March 18, 1766, British Parliament ...
Anti-Catholicism was not a central force driving the colonists to revolt, but it played a role, shaping their political ...
Ben Franklin goes head-to-head against Parliament over the Stamp Act in this amazing testimony from 1766, captured in real time. This explains exactly why the Stamp Act was so outrageous to the ...
Episode 3 captures the chaos, sacrifices, and turning points that guided America toward independence during 1776–1777.
This is the third episode in an occasional series examining major counterfactual scenarios in history. The most recent installment (Nov. 30, 2023) examined what would have happened to slavery in ...