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A Perfect Frenzy: A Royal Governor, His Black Allies, and the Crisis That Spurred the American Revolution

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Patrick Henry giving a speech to a crowd of Virginians.

What Spurred the South to Join the American Revolution?

How a dispute with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor made the southern colonies’ embrace the radical cause.

by Andrew Lawler via Smithsonian on April 4, 2025

Dark, distorted painting of the American Revolution.

Tracing America’s Obsession With Conspiracy Theories Back to Its Founding

The revolutionary roots of a corrosive national pastime.

by Andrew Lawler via Literary Hub on February 25, 2025

How A Child Born More Than 400 Years Ago Became A Symbol of White Nationalism

Virginia Dare and the myth of American whiteness.

by Andrew Lawler via Made By History on May 24, 2018

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