American Revolution Blog

On this day in 1783, the final remnants of British troops withdrew from New York, a city and harbor they had controlled for over seven years...

Since the blog is on a holiday kick, I thought that this might be an appropriate way to continue the theme. After all, I don't want to b...

Thomas Paine and the Birth of Natural Religion, Natural Law and Enlightenment Philosophy by Brad Hart In the October, 2008 issue of the Will...

Happy 233rd Birthday to the United States Marines!!! On this day in 1775, the United States Marines was born. The Continental Congress, perc...

The American Revolution can, at times, be characterized as a collection of smaller revolutions, all of which contributed and eventually led ...

Of the many justifications for going to war, perhaps nothing proved more influential to the American colonies than religion. A countless num...

Did the citizens of colonial America celebrate Halloween? The answer is yes, but not in the way you may think. An historian with Colonial Wi...

John Jay: The Quintessential Christian Nation Advocate of the 18th Century by Brad Hart Not all of our founding fathers were "theistic ...

In light of the recent discussion on the religious creed of Benjamin Franklin, and the recent book reviews by guest blogger Robert Cornwall,...

If you are like me, you probably feel like every single election both the Democrats and the Republicans act as though the literal fate of th...

Here is a short clip of historian Richard Brookhiser on the religion of the founders. Brookhiser argues that the founders never intended to ...

In one of his recent posts, conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan points out an interesting quote from Adam Smith -- the so-called "fat...

Jon Meacham , Editor for Newsweek Magazine and author of the book, American Gospel has officially finished his third work of history. In hi...

But the United States doesn't have a royal family...right? Well, we could have. As the rumor states, a group of frustrated American colo...

It's at Least a Possibility...Thanks to Our Founders As the election approaches its final climax we are beginning to see the polls tight...