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T. H. Breen

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It Wasn’t Just the Founders

The conventional telling of America’s origin story leaves out perhaps its greatest heroes.

by T. H. Breen via The Atlantic
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on July 3, 2026
Trump’s Un-American Parade

What looks like an excess of strength may really be a deficit of liberty.

by T. H. Breen via The Atlantic
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on June 13, 2025
The Revolution at 250: A Conversation

What are the most important insights historians have offered about the American Revolution in the decades since the Bicentennial?

by Kathleen DuVal, Leslie M. Harris, Serena Zabin, T. H. Breen, Michael D. Hattem via Journal of the Early Republic
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on December 15, 2024
Commanders and Courtiers

Lost wars, especially when defeat comes as a rude surprise, inevitably spark painful self-examination.

by T. H. Breen via New York Review of Books
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on February 2, 2023
How Did the Colonies Unite?

The drive for American independence coalesced in only a few years of rapidly accelerating political change.

by T. H. Breen via New York Review of Books
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on March 1, 2021
The Slow Build Up to the American Revolution

American revolutionaries had a far wider range of reasons for supporting rebellion than we often assume.

by T. H. Breen via Literary Hub on September 23, 2019

The Will of the People: The Revolutionary Birth of America

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Furniture and carpet store in the 1789 Boston directory.

Revolutionary Spirit

On the widespread boycotts of British-made goods in the American Colonies.

via BackStory on December 15, 2016

A group of individuals standing with fists raised in the air.

The Spirit of ’76

What is living and what is dead in our memory of the American Revolution.

by David Waldstreicher via Boston Review on June 17, 2026

Enslaved Africans on a dock, having disembarked a ship guarded by their captors.

Looking Back at 1619 in 2019–2021, and Beyond

1619 Project reignited debate over slavery’s origins, exposing tensions between continuity vs change in U.S. history and competing “origin stories.”

by David Waldstreicher via Reviews In American History on March 16, 2026

Protestors use the celebrated Hamilton lyric, “Immigrants: We Get the Job Done” to protest the first inauguration of President Donald Trump.

“The Premise of Our Founding”: Immigration and Popular Mythmaking

On the tension between celebratory rhetoric and restrictive policy surrounding immigration.

by Connie Thomas via The Panorama on February 24, 2025

An illustration of Black men pulling a platform covered in trash and American symbols.

What Price Wholeness?

A new proposal for reparations for slavery raises three critical questions: How much does America owe? Where will the money come from? And who gets paid?

by Shennette Garrett-Scott via New York Review of Books on January 18, 2021

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