The Enlightenment and Intellectual Foundations of the American Revolution
Updated: June 11, 2026 Introduction In this interview: “But he’s insisting that both there’s nothing particularly radical in what he’s arguing, because anyone with common sense would know it, and also that ordinary people could probably rule on their own just fine.” Watch this section in the video below (00:34:08). To fully comprehend the American […]
The Enlightenment, Common Sense, and the American Revolution: A Conversation with Dr. Sophia Rosenfeld – Part I
Updated: April 20, 2026 Intellectual Foundations of the American Revolution To fully comprehend the American Revolution, we have to study the developments that frayed relations between Great Britain and its American colonies in the Pre-Revolutionary Era, generally understood as the years between 1763, which marked the end of the French and Indian War, and 1775, […]
