Excerpts from: Americanism Redux: February 8, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago today, in 1774 Safety and security, how do you find them on this day in the American colonies? The question and its answer changes as you move from place to place,...

Excerpts from: Americanism Redux: February 1, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago today, in 1774 Mercy Otis Warren mourns the loss of a friend and fears the loss of two more. Grief drives her to renew her commitment to friendship. It also sets the...

Excerpts from: Americanism Redux: January 25, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago today, in 1774 Violence has broken out in Boston, the result of the tea protests. Will it spread? Will it worsen? No one knows. The newly organized Committee of...

Excerpts from: Americanism Redux: January 18, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago today, in 1774 The effects of the tea protests from last month continue to spread in ripples and waves. Among them is a remarkable town meeting held at Hampton, colony...

Excerpts from: Americanism Redux: January 11, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago today, in 1774 The odds for violence are rising in a place of disputed control—Pittsburgh. On the Atlantic coast, tensions are high in Massachusetts from the fall-out...

Excerpts from: Americanism Redux: January 4, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago today, in 1774 A woman starts a school in Philadelphia. Tea is found on Cape Cod, intact and then sent into safekeeping. Two men, British bureaucrats, are also in...

Excerpts from: Americanism Redux: December 28, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago today, in 1773 A Dutch immigrant community celebrates a legendary gift-giver, while the effects of the Boston Tea Party ripple outward. A doctor hatches a plan in the...

Excerpts from: Americanism Redux: December 21, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago today, in 1773 The Boston Tea Party occurs as a last-resort of colonial protestors on December 16, 1773. One of the leaders, Joseph Warren, believes a consensus can...

Journey to the American FoundingThe stories we’re seeing from the last half of 1772 and early 1773 are a mixture of change and continuity. Surrounding the mixture is an intensification of actions and decisions. The new and old twist together in revolving cycles. The...

Journey to the American FoundingThe stories we’re seeing from the last half of 1772 and early 1773 are a mixture of change and continuity. Surrounding the mixture is an intensification of actions and decisions. The new and old twist together in revolving cycles. The...