Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018

After the French and Indian War, Britain reimagined North America and created hundreds of maps to bring about that vision after having gained vast new territories.

We can better understand how Washington thought by piecing together clues that have remained hidden in the books he once owned.

It is one of the most notorious incidents in American history, and also one of the least understood.

Patrick Henry adhered to five ideas that drove him and his neighbors first to resist, and then to declare themselves independent of Great Britain.

Uncovering the story of an early American political crisis

American colonial elites surrounded themselves with paintings, furniture, and other objects to shape their identities and to set themselves apart from others.

Divisions in society and religion that still exist today resulted from the "Great Awakenings" of the 18th century.