American Revolution Blog

How well do YOU know the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States? Hopefully, you know it better than ole Barney Fife. :-)

See if this video makes you ready to sign up! If only George Washington had video technology to turn to for recruitment.

Those who wonder how America got its name inevitably run into Amerigo Vespucci. Who was he? And why are we named after him - and not Christo...

O beautiful, for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! O beautiful, for pilgrim ...

Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian Garry Wills discusses separation of church and state. Excellent video.

Historian Gary Nash of UCLA is not only one of the most respected historians on early American history, but has also received praise for th...

The indigenous tribes of the "New World" have been a source of fascination not only for modern scholars, but for early American co...

Tomorrow will mark the 232nd birthday of the United States. In a little over two centuries the United States has witnessed some dramatic cha...

The traditional view of early colonial historiography has divided the various wars between England and France -- in both the New and Old Wor...

Once upon a time, in a land far away, lived a brave and wise man named Christopher Columbus. Columbus lived in a world of ignorant fools, wh...

Jon Rowe, a fellow blogger over at American Creation , posted this video in response to an ongoing debate we are having. Though the video is...

Taking a vacation to the snow-capped Rocky Mountains of Colorado is an appealing attraction for thousands of Americans every year. As most c...

Of all of the founding fathers, there is perhaps no individual that has caused more debate, argument or curiosity than George Washington. As...

President John Quincy Adams, the Republic’s 6th executive chief, awoke around 7:00a.m. to a rainy, but sunny day in the nation’s capital. Th...