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American Revolutionary War.

The pent-up frustrations of at least a dozen years were unleashed on April 19, 1775, when the American Revolutionary War began with three skirmishes over the course of a single day. General Thomas Gage—the commander of British forces in North...

Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2019. 4p.

1. 2019 International Conference on the American Revolution [2020]

  • Trocchio, Rachel
  • Early American Literature. Fall, 2020, Vol. 55 Issue 3, p937, 7 p.
Subjects
American Revolution, 1775-1783, United States history -- Revolution, 1775-1783, History -- Societies, clubs, etc., and History -- Conferences, meetings and seminars

2. UNITED/STATES: A REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF AMERICAN STATEHOOD [2020]

  • Green, Craig
  • Michigan Law Review. Oct, 2020, Vol. 119 Issue 1, p1, 69 p.

3. WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN NEW JERSEY 1776-1807: A POLITICAL WEAPON [2020]

  • Curry-Ledbetter, Campbell
  • Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law. Spring, 2020, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p705, 20 p.

4. UNCOVERING THE PAST: A group of fifth-graders discovered their town's secret history and honored a forgotten hero [2020]

  • Scholastic News/Weekly Reader Edition 4. April 27, 2020, Vol. 82 Issue 19, p4, 4 p.
Subjects
American Revolution, 1775-1783 -- History, United States history -- Revolution, 1775-1783, United States history -- History, Slaves -- Appreciation, and Slavery -- History
Abstract
P-R-U-T. Dust flew through the air as these four letters were carved into a memorial in West Hartford, Connecticut, last May. More than 240 years after an enslaved man named [...]

5. BURGOYNE'S BIG FAIL: In 1777 a British general known as 'Gentleman Johnny' sold the king on an audacious plan to end the American Revolution [2020]

  • Randall, Willard Sterne
  • MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History. Spring, 2020, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p42, 10 p.

6. GLORIOUS REVOLUTION TO AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE ENGLISH ORIGIN OF THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS [2019]

  • O'Scannlain, Diarmuid F.
  • Notre Dame Law Review. Nov, 2019, Vol. 95 Issue 1, p397, 16 p.

7. Revolutionary War Re-Enactors Rebel Against the Pandemic [2021]

  • McWhirter, Cameron
  • The Wall Street Journal Eastern Edition. April 2, 2021, pA1, NA p.
Subjects
American Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Portrayals, Epidemics -- Control, Epidemics -- United States, United States history -- Revolution, 1775-1783, United States history -- Portrayals, Historical reenactments -- Safety and security measures, and Historical reenactments -- Health aspects

8. Teens of the Revolution: Meet five young people who risked their lives during the bloody war for our nations independence [2019]

  • Bubar, Joe
  • New York Times Upfront. Sept 16, 2019, Vol. 152 Issue 2, p18, 9 p.

9. What pro-Trump insurrectionists share - and don't - with the American Revolution [2021]

  • Taylor, Jordan E.
  • The Washington Post. Jan 7, 2021

10. 2021 is the time to revisit the text that inspired the founding generation [2020]

  • Opal, J.M.
  • The Washington Post. Dec 30, 2020

11. George Washington and the Hand of God: This country's Founders saw the hand of God in the Colonies' victory over the mighty British empire-with God's providence most apparent in the fortunes of George Washington [2019]

  • White, John
  • The New American. June 17, 2019, Vol. 35 Issue 12, p33, 7 p.

12. 'This Affair of a Theatre': The Boston Theatre Controversy and the Americanization of the Stage [2019]

  • McFarland, Bridget
  • Theatre History Studies. Annual, 2019, Vol. 38, p28, 22 p.
Subjects
American Revolution, 1775-1783, Theater -- Censorship, Theater -- History, United States history -- Revolution, 1775-1783, Americanization -- Analysis, Boston, Massachusetts -- History, and Boston, Massachusetts -- Social aspects
Abstract
I declare firmly, that this affair of a Theatre, was not managed with coolness and candor; and that some of the advocates for it, did take advantage of their number [...]

13. Was the American Revolution More Than Just a Tax Revolt? [2020]

  • Thorndike, Joseph J. (American tax historian)
  • Tax Notes. 2020, Vol. 167, Issue 12, pages. 2017-2019

14. Famous birthdays for Feb. 20: Trevor Noah, Rihanna [2021]

  • UPI Entertainment News. Feb 20, 2021
Subjects
American Revolution, 1775-1783, United States history -- Revolution, 1775-1783, Actors, and Actresses
Abstract
Byline: UPI STAFF Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. They include: -- American Revolutionary War hero William Prescott in 1726 -- American Revolutionary War-era socialite [...]

15. United States Mint Announces New Quarter Dollar Reverse Design [2020]

  • PRWeb Newswire. Dec 25, 2020

16. UNITED STATES MINT ANNOUNCES NEW QUARTER DOLLAR REVERSE DESIGN [2020]

  • States News Service. Dec 25, 2020

17. WHEN JOHN PAUL JONES CROSSED OVER: In 1905 sailors placed the rediscovered remains of the Revolutionary War naval hero aboard an American cruiser for the long voyage home [2019]

  • Hampton, Ellen
  • Military History. Jan, 2019, Vol. 35 Issue 5, p40, 8 p.

18. Sir Joshua Reynolds, Decolonization, and the Pictorial Dialectics of Crisis [2018]

  • O'Quinn, Daniel
  • Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900. Summer, 2018, Vol. 58 Issue 3, p673, 31 p.
Subjects
American Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects, American Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Portrayals, Dialectic -- Criticism and interpretation, Painters -- Criticism and interpretation, Degeneration -- Portrayals, Decolonization -- Portrayals, Decolonization -- Social aspects, United States history -- Revolution, 1775-1783, United States history -- Social aspects, and United States history -- Portrayals
Abstract
This article argues that Sir Joshua Reynolds's martial portraiture from the closing year of the American War of Independence con stitutes not only a complex diagnostic of cultural humiliation and [...]

19. Dr. Joseph Warren: Architect of the Revolution [2018]

  • Malone, Tom
  • The Objective Standard. Winter, 2018, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p61, 27 p.
Subjects
Warren, Joseph, American Revolution, 1775-1783, Military leaders -- Biography, and United States history -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Abstract
Writing about America's founding fathers, philosopher Ayn Rand said, 'as a political group, they were a phenomenon unprecedented in history: they were thinkers who were also men of action.' (2) [...]

20. THE REVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF THE CIVIL WAR. [2019]

  • Wood, Gordon S.
  • Northwestern University Law Review. 2019, Vol. 114, Issue 2, pages. 539-553

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