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The American Revolution premiere ending explained: Why is the Battle of Lexington significant in the revolution?

An in-depth look at the premiere episode of Ken Burns' latest documentary The American Revolution. We examine the pivotal ...

Ken Burns on why the American Revolution is ‘the most important event in history after the birth of Christ’

Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he ...
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Why the American Revolution Changed the World

America’s fight for independence reverberated around the world in significant ways, which University of Maryland history ...
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Apostles of revolution : Jefferson, Paine, Monroe and the struggle against the old order in America and Europe / John Ferling

"The destinies of life" : on the road to bigger things -- "The birthday of a new world is at hand" : revolutionaries -- "These are the times that try men's souls ...
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How Teatime and Cartoons Changed the World

In “The Revolutionary Self,” the historian Lynn Hunt explores the way 18th-century culture transformed our sense of power in the world. “Two Ladies and an Officer Seated at Tea,” possibly English in ...