History Now Essay Lockean Liberalism and the American Revolution Isaac Kramnick Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The town of Boston took an important step toward rebellion on November 20, 1772, by adopting a declaration of "the Rights of the Colonists" drafted by Sam Adams, the firebrand of the Revolution. Adams summarized these "Natural rights"... Appears in: 21 | The American Revolution Fall 2009
History Now Essay Immigrant Fiction: Exploring an American Identity Phillip Lopate Literature 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Strictly speaking, all American novels (with the exception of those written by Native Americans) are in one way or another immigrant fiction. But we usually think of immigrant fiction more narrowly as the encounter of the foreign-born... Appears in: 3 | Immigration Spring 2005
History Now Essay The US and Spanish American Revolutions Jay Sexton Economics, Geography, Government and Civics, World History If one says "American Revolution" in the United States today, it is assumed that what is being referred to is the North American liberation struggles against the British Empire in the late eighteenth century. But the British North... Appears in: 34 | The Revolutionary Age Winter 2012