American Revolution vs. American Isolationism

Eighteenth-century map of the Atlantic basin showing British territories in North America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, and listed trading posts in Asia, predating the 1763 Treaty of Paris.

Updated: March 8, 2026 One of the most fascinating aspects of the Revolution — and one we were barely taught in school — is its global context. What many of us learned in school was a story of colonial protest, British taxation, and rising American resistance. That story is not wrong. But it is incomplete. […]