The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American ...
In the summer of 1774 Jefferson retreated to Monticello and wrote a secret plea meant to avert disputes with the British — a ...
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country's founding and its eight-year War for Independence, will premiere on Sunday, November 16 at 7pm and air ...
From debt-driven taxes to colonial defiance, Britain’s policies after 1763 united diverse colonies in resistance, laying the ...
By Richard Robbins Not often does a magazine edition come along that begs both reading and keeping. In the dusty archives of my home work room are several such numbers: A Life and a Look, both devoted ...
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION examines how America’s founding turned the world upside-down. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION examines how America’s founding turned the world upside-down. Thirteen British colonies on ...
Jefferson saw independence as a fight for liberty — and for access to the western lands that promised power and profit.
Eight decades ago, a presidential commission guided by Jefferson’s great-great-grandson selectively edited the Founding ...