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Ferling on Washington Administration by Arieh Sclar

"It is a truth too universally known that the people of England are involved in a debt under which they struggle with the utmost...

That all commissions civil and military heretofore granted by the Crown to be exercised in these colonies are null and void and the...

“Can we be so deluded, to expect aid from those princes [France and Spain], which inspiring their subjects with a relish for liberty,...

“As to the history of the revolution, my ideas may be peculiar, perhaps singular. What do we mean by the revolution? The war? That was no...

While I just started the blog, I wanted to share some brief thoughts regarding the importance of documents in preparation for history...

“The most interesting state of parties in the United States may be referred to three periods. Those who espoused the cause of...

a. My principal objections to the plan are, that there is no adequate provision for a representation of the people; b. that they...

“There were, of course, many defects in the Articles of Confederation that had become obvious by the 1780s…Yet it was not the defects of...

I will be posting document based questions on American history on a regular basis. Here is the first: The reception accorded the Tea Act...