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colonial period

A depiction of the Continental Army's encampment at Valley Forge | Photo: George Washington at Valley Forge; Smith Archive/Alamy

History

How Britain's Protectionist Trade Policies Created Valley Forge

The site of George Washington's famed winter encampment might not have existed without colonial-era iron regulations.

Eric Boehm | 5.13.2025 6:00 AM

Adam-Smith-Sly-American-Proposal | Illustration: A print shows representations of Great Britain and the United States shaking hands; Library of Congress

Economics

Adam Smith Said Colonists Should Join the British Union. Was He Serious?

Reading between the lines of The Wealth of Nations

Daniel Klein | 6.30.2023 6:30 AM

The Governor's Palace in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia | Danita Delimont Photography/Newscom

1619 Project

Hulu's 1619 Project Docuseries Peddles False History

The first episode paints an enslaver, plantation master, and Royalist autocrat as a leading and even celebrated agent of emancipation.

Phillip W. Magness | 1.31.2023 7:00 AM

Flintlock musket lock | NRA National Firearms Museum

glossary

A glossary of militia law terms

Understanding the equipment early Americans had to possess

David Kopel |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.27.2022 2:16 AM

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