This book challenges the widely held myth that the American national state was weak in the
early days of the republic. William H. Bergmann reveals how the federal government used its …

Some 37,000 soldiers from six German principalities, collectively remembered as Hessians,
entered service as British auxiliaries in the American War of Independence. At times, they …

" Although the friendship between George Washington and James Madison was eclipsed in
the early 1790s by the alliances of Madison with Jefferson and Washington with Hamilton …

Late in 1780, Francois Jean de Beauvoir, the Marquis de Chastellux, arrived in Philadelphia.
A French military officer serving as chief liaison between George Washington and General …

When George Washington was sworn in as first President under the new Constitution, the
duties of the chief executive were as yet unclear and ill-defined. In helping to create the …

Abstract During the American War of Independence, the revolutionaries captured thousands
of British and German soldiers. Focusing on common German soldiers, this case study …

From the very founding of the United States, education's actual influence on American
society has not measured up to Americans' belief in education as a vehicle of meritocracy …

Colonel Moses Hazen's 2nd Canadian Regiment was one of the first “national” regiments in
the American army. Created by the Continental Congress, it drew members from Canada …

This dissertation examines the lives and experiences of common German prisoners of war in
the American War of Independence. Little is known about these or other prisoners. Soldiers …

Late in the War for Independence, Continental soldiers from New England and mid-Atlantic
regiments traveled through unfamiliar southern states. As they campaigned in Virginia and …