The French Connexion
During the second half of the eighteenth century, writes Stuart Andrews, there existed close and important ties between American and French thinkers.
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America’s First Aeronaut: Dr. John Jeffries
In 1785, writes Mary Beth Norton, a Loyalist physician from Boston made the first aerial flight across the English Channel.
Did public opinion make Pearl Harbor possible?
Richard Freeman asks whether public hysteria in wartime Britain helped fend off an attack, while public apathy in America help to precipitate one.
Anti-Slavery and the American Revolution
Richard K. MacMaster examines the 'crack in the Liberty Bell'.
The Ku Klux Klan
The ‘invisible empire’ of the Klan, writes Louis C. Kleber, was the answering organization in the Southern states to the Radical regimes imposed by the victorious North.
Foreign Adventurers in the American Revolution
Soldiers from Britain, France, Germany and Poland contributed to the success of American arms during the Revolutionary War, writes Aram Bakshian Jr.
Robert Liston: Second British Minister to the United States
Liston and his wife enjoyed their years in America and, writes Esmond Wright, considered themselves “well employed in the work of conciliation.”
Where Do We Belong?
A study of English settlers in America raises profound questions of identity.
Washington is Burning
In August 1814, the US capital was torched by British troops. The ‘greatest disgrace ever dealt to American arms’ left its legacy on the US, Britain and Canada.