U.S. Revolutionary War/Era

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The Boston Massacre March 5, 1770 painting by William L. Champney depicting British soldiers with guns raised toward Black man
The Boston Massacre
This 1878 engraving shows the chaos at the scene of the Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre
“The great financier, or British economy for the years 1763, 1764, 1765.” This British cartoon depicts the American colonies as a Native American woman, as juxtaposed to British officials and Britannia (far right), demonstrating the disconnect between the colonies and the metropole even though the colonists thought of themselves as full British subjects.
The Old Informing the New
This stamp features the first stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn."
The “Shot Heard Round the World”: April 19, 1775 and the American Revolutionary War
Signing of the Treaty of Ghent, 1814
The War We Refuse to Remember
Cover of Mother of Invention by Robert I. Field
Government Fingers in the Health Care Jar?
Cover of Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots by Thomas S. Kidd
Patriot or Pragmatist?
Taxation without Representation, Suffrage Collection.
Death, Taxes, and the American Founders
Richesons Church in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
The Separation of Church and State Is Rooted in American Christianity
Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson (by Rembrandt Peale, 1800).
Jefferson: Founding Father and Connoisseur
This iconic 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier was entitled "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor"; the phrase "Boston Tea Party" had not yet become standard. Contrary to Currier's depiction, few of the men dumping the tea were actually disguised as Native Americans.
Tea Parties Then and Now — A Crucial Difference
A minuteman statue depicted on the Massachusetts state quarter
The Second Amendment Goes to Court
A contractor for the U.S. Army kicking in a door during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.
From King George the Third to the Third President George: Mercenaries are Still a Bad Idea
Portrait of Thomas Paine from 1792.
Paine’s Counsel for a New Time that Tries Men’s Souls
An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, March 1, 1780. Pennsylvania State Archives.
The Forgotten First Step Toward Freedom
Hessian troops surrendering to General George Washington after the Battle of Trenton.
The Return of the Mercenary
Portrait of Thomas Paine from 1793.
Common Sense: Salute Paine, Not Jefferson, on the Fourth
Patrick Henry Addressing the Virginia Assembly. Lithograph from the painting by A. Chappal. Engraved by H. B. Hall.
A Time to Listen
An engraving of Earl Cornwallis's surrender to George Washington during the American Revolution.
Hollywood’s American Revolution
Russian peasants in the early 20th century.
Vladimir Putin: Not the Jefferson of Russia
Seal of the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The seal is described in 36 C.F.R. § 1200.2 as: The seal is centered on a disc with a double-line border. The words NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION encircle the inside of the seal and the date 1985 is at the bottom center.
Downgrading the Founders
Barry Faulkner's mural, "The Constitution," depicts the framers of the U.S. Constitution.
Term Limits: Thank Goodness We Didn’t Have Them in 1787
person holding up sign that reads, end racism
Racism, Hate and Free Speech: The Search for New Boundaries of Sensitivity