Was the American revolution a good idea?

Readers of early American history blogs will undoubtedly have come across the recent kerfuffle regarding the divide between academic and public historians of the American Revolution, which stemmed from a series of posts by Peter Feinman assessing the conference. read more

Challenging the ideas of colonial status and loyalty to sovereign rulers was certainly a worthy idea. read more

" The notion that liberals hate America is an intellectually lazy ad hominem attack indulged by far too many on the right. read more

American Revolution ideas Drafting the Declaration of Independence in 1776 The ideas of the American Revolution came largely from three sources: the European Enlightenment, traditional British legal and political values, and what some historians call the ‘American experience’. read more

By Adam Gopnik The Revolution is the last bulwark of national myth, but in sanctifying it we forget that it was more horrific than heroic. read more