Woody Holton

Oct 8, 2024 | revolution250.buzzsprout.com | Robert Gross |Woody Holton

Was it the embattled farmers and Sons of Liberty, or the indebted planters shouting "Give me Liberty or give me Death!" that brought on the Revolution? Who held the first Provincial Convention or Congress? Who was first to resist the Crown's troops? Join us for a debate between Robert A. Gross, author of The Minutemen and their World, and Woody Holton, author of Forced Founders, and hear what lead these two very different places to revolution. Moderated by the ever-impartial Robert Allison.

Jul 4, 2024 | the74million.org | Woody Holton

Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Editor’s note: Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence, but many of those ideas are elitist and wrong, as historian Woody Holton explains.

Jul 3, 2024 | laschoolreport.com | Woody Holton

His 2021 book “Liberty is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution” shows how independence and the Revolutionary War were influenced by women, Indigenous and enslaved people, religious dissenters and other once-overlooked Americans. In celebration of the United States’ birthday, Holton offers six surprising facts about the nation’s founding document – including that it failed to achieve its most immediate goal and that its meaning has changed from the founding to today.

Jul 3, 2024 | havasunews.com | Woody Holton

The Declaration of Independence was written by wealthy white men, but the impetus for independence came from ordinary Americans. Historian Pauline Maier discovered that by July 2, 1776, when the Continental Congress voted to separate from Britain, 90 provincial and local bodies — conventions, town meetings and even grand juries — had already issued their own declarations or instructed Congress to.

Jul 16, 2023 | roanoke.com | Woody Holton

In celebration of the United States’ birthday, here are five surprising facts about the nation’s founding document:Ordinary Americans played a big role. The Declaration of Independence was written by wealthy white men, but the impetus for independence came from ordinary Americans.