The BBC's Katty Kay speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Rick Atkinson as America marks 250 years since ...

and with John Jay they negotiated the Treaty of Paris that officially ended The Revolutionary War. Of the "Founding Fathers," Benjamin Franklin alone signed the three pivotal documents ...

Keywords American identity, Revolutionary War, literature, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Common Sense, Declaration of Independence, political writings, colonial printing, emerging ...

We not only get a look at Tallmadge’s actions and adventures during the war, but also some insights into military service and the spycraft of the times, Patriot life under British occupation, and more ...

and with John Jay they negotiated the Treaty of Paris that officially ended The Revolutionary War. Of the "Founding Fathers," Benjamin Franklin alone signed the three pivotal documents ...