“The pages that follow represent my attempt to tell the story of a highly compressed historical moment that subsequent generations called the American Revolution.” This opening sentence addresses a question I often have about historical moments, especially ones known in special terms like the American Revolution: what was it called at the time? For the would-be Americans, it was often called “The Cause” and for the British it would have been called the “American Rebellion” and this question isn’t something that is discussed all that […]