January 4 1774

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...

December 28 1773

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...

December 21 1773

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...

December 14 1773

Journey to the American Founding December 14 1773 The 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...