American Revolution
Colonial Society
Daily life, religion, economy, education, and culture in revolutionary-era America.
Colonial Society
Colonial American Society
The thirteen colonies that declared independence in 1776 were not a unified nation but a collection of distinct societies, each shaped by…
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Colonial Economy and Trade
The colonial economy of British North America was one of the most dynamic in the Atlantic world. By the 1770s, the thirteen colonies…
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Colonial Education
Education in colonial America was neither universal nor standardized, but it was more widespread than is often assumed. The colonies…
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Communication in Colonial America
The thirteen colonies that declared independence in 1776 were spread over more than a thousand miles of Atlantic coastline, separated by…
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Daily Life in Colonial America
The colonial American society of the 1760s and 1770s was, in its daily rhythms and material conditions, profoundly different from the…
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Food and Diet in Colonial America
The daily diet of colonial Americans was shaped by the region's natural environment, the settlers' European culinary traditions, the…
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Printing and Propaganda in the American Revolution
The American Revolution was, in important respects, a revolution made possible by print. The colonial American society of the 1760s and…
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Religion in Revolutionary America
Religion was the most pervasive intellectual and cultural force in colonial American society, shaping the way colonists understood…
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