A Monarch Who Almost Abdicated During the American Revolution

Images in this collages - clockwise from bottom left: Empress Maria Theresa, King George III, King Carlos III, Empress Catherine II. Visit AARevulotion.net for more images and interviews of scholars of the American Revolution with host Adel Aali.

The American Declaration of Independence lists 27 grievances against King George III. It portrays him as an all-powerful tyrant—or as Dr. Richard Bell puts it, “Nero, Richard III, and Attila the Hun all rolled into one.” But that image misses something important. Behind the posture of control, the American Revolution tormented and wounded the King […]

Continental Soldier Citizens – America’s People’s Army

The featured image brings together images of Dr. Ricardo Herrera and Adel Aali from the interview, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, alongside painting "The March to Valley Forge, December 19, 1777", by William B. T. Trego, Museum of the American Revolution. Visit AARevulotion.net for more images and interviews of scholars of the American Revolution with host Adel Aali.

Introduction “That equated to roughly 20% of the male population. That’s the highest percentage in American history. World War II, 12%.”  Watch this segment in the video below (01:04:22).  Militias existed. Local defense existed. So why did the Continental Congress create the Continental Army—only to limit its power? What was this army actually fighting for? […]