India and the Global Forces Behind the British Defeat at Yorktown

In Analyzing American Revolution, the global nature of the Revolutionary War has become an inescapable theme. As you will see in the examples below, many of our guest scholars reference and discuss how the fighting in the Thirteen American Colonies transformed into a truly world-spanning conflict. It should therefore come as no surprise that Britain’s […]

Why France Backed the American Revolution (And Got Nothing in Return)

In this interview: “And the United States, North America becomes a sideshow.” The American Revolution? Only one theater in a global war—and far from the main event. Geopolitical rivalry and revenge drove France to rally other powers against Britain. That transformed what started as a colonial rebellion in the Americas into a globe-spanning military conflict—a […]