All Episodes

BFW Revisited: Religion and the American Revolution

452 How Everyday Loyalists Experienced the Revolution

BFW Revisited: The Reintegration of American Loyalists

BFW Revisited: Loyalism in the British Atlantic World

BFW Bonus: We Want More History

451 The Court-Martial That Put The American Revolution on Trial

BFW Revisited: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution

450 Whose Revolution? The Delaware and the War for Independence

BFW Revisited: The Brafferton Indian School, Part 1

449 Stealing America: Indigenous Slavery and the American Revolution

BFW Revisited: American Expansion & the Political Economy of Plunder

448 The Declaration of Independence as American Scripture

BFW Revisited Threads of Power

447 The Other Committee Members: Robert R. Livingston, Roger Sherman, and the Declaration of Independence

447 The Other Committee Members: Robert R. Livingston, Roger Sherman, and the Declaration of Independence

BFW Revisited: A Declaration in Draft, 2026

BFW Revisited: A Declaration in Draft, 2026

446 The Declaration of Independence at 250

446 The Declaration of Independence at 250

445 How Independence Happened, Pt 3: The Articles of Confederation

445 How Independence Happened, Pt 3: The Articles of Confederation

444 How Independence Happened, Part 2: The Model Treaty

444 How Independence Happened, Part 2: The Model Treaty

443 How Independence Happened, Part 1: The Lee Resolution

443 How Independence Happened, Part 1: The Lee Resolution

BFW Revisited: Reading the Declaration of Independence for Equality

BFW Revisited: Reading the Declaration of Independence for Equality

442 Everyday Military Life in the American Revolution

442 Everyday Military Life in the American Revolution

BFW Revisited: Valley Forge

BFW Revisited: Valley Forge

441 The Escapes of David George

441 The Escapes of David George

BFW Revisited: Running from Bondage in the American Revolution

BFW Revisited: Running from Bondage in the American Revolution

440 Jefferson's Cut Grievance and the British Monarchy's Role in Slavery

440 Jefferson's Cut Grievance and the British Monarchy's Role in Slavery

BFW Revisited: Whose Fourth of July?

BFW Revisited: Whose Fourth of July?

439 When the Declaration of Independence Was News

439 When the Declaration of Independence Was News

BFW Revisited: Age of Revolutions

BFW Revisited: Age of Revolutions

438 The American Revolution & the Fate of the World

438 The American Revolution & the Fate of the World

BFW Revisited: British-Occupied Philadelphia, 1777–1778

BFW Revisited: British-Occupied Philadelphia, 1777–1778

437 Civilian Life in America's Occupied Cities

437 Civilian Life in America's Occupied Cities

BFW Revisited: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

BFW Revisited: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

436 Fort Ticonderoga & Henry Knox's Noble Train of Artillery

436 Fort Ticonderoga & Henry Knox's Noble Train of Artillery

435 Common Sense at 250: The Unfinished Work of Democracy, A Live Conversation

435 Common Sense at 250: The Unfinished Work of Democracy, A Live Conversation

434 Freeborn Black Soldiers in the American Revolution

434 Freeborn Black Soldiers in the American Revolution

BFW Revisited: The American Revolution's African American Soldiers

BFW Revisited: The American Revolution's African American Soldiers

433 Entangled Revolutions: Haiti, France, and the American Revolution

433 Entangled Revolutions: Haiti, France, and the American Revolution

BFW Revisited: The Marquis de Lafayette

BFW Revisited: The Marquis de Lafayette

432 How France and Spain Helped Win the American Revolution

432 How France and Spain Helped Win the American Revolution

BFW Revisited: The Common Cause

BFW Revisited: The Common Cause

431 Common Sense at 250: The Pamphlet That Sparked a Revolution

431 Common Sense at 250: The Pamphlet That Sparked a Revolution

BFW Revisited: The Power of the Press in the American Revolution

BFW Revisited: The Power of the Press in the American Revolution

430 The Founding Father of American Medicine: Benjamin Rush

430 The Founding Father of American Medicine: Benjamin Rush

BFW Revisited: Smuggling and the American Revolution

BFW Revisited: Smuggling and the American Revolution

429 Coffee in Early America: Why Americans Really Drink Coffee

429 Coffee in Early America: Why Americans Really Drink Coffee

428 America's Forgotten Quest to Link Two Oceans

428 America's Forgotten Quest to Link Two Oceans

427 How States Are Planning the 250th: Commemorating the American Revolution in 2026

427 How States Are Planning the 250th: Commemorating the American Revolution in 2026

BFW Revisited: The Mayflower

BFW Revisited: The Mayflower

426 Indigenous Agriculture and the Hidden Science of Native Foodways

426 Indigenous Agriculture and the Hidden Science of Native Foodways

425 Ken Burns' The American Revolution

425 Ken Burns' The American Revolution

424 Dunmore's Proclamation & the American Revolution in Virginia

424 Dunmore's Proclamation & the American Revolution in Virginia

BFW Revisited: Disruptions in Yorktown

BFW Revisited: Disruptions in Yorktown

423 The Forgotten Artists of the American Revolution

423 The Forgotten Artists of the American Revolution

BFW Revisited: The World of John Singleton Copley

BFW Revisited: The World of John Singleton Copley

422: Plantation Goods: How Northern Industry Fueled Slavery

422: Plantation Goods: How Northern Industry Fueled Slavery

BFW Revisited: Origins of American Manufacturing

BFW Revisited: Origins of American Manufacturing

421 Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia