►   What does John Locke mean by his statement that, "In the beginning all the world was America...”?
►   Why is the 100 year period between the 1660's and 1760's a period of relative neglect by England?
►   Why is the end of the French & Indian War (7-Years War), ending in 1763, a turning point between England and the Colonies?
►   Why is the Sugar Act of 1764, which lowered the tax, strongly resisted by the Colonies?
►  What is the nature of the strong resistance against the Stamp Act of 1765?
►  Why is the repeal of the Stamp Act potentially dangerous to the Colonies?
►  What are the facts behind the American myths of the "Boston Massacre" and the "Boston Tea Party?
►  Why is the golden opportunity to abolish slavery lost when the Declaration of Independence was adapted?
►  How does the Colonies with different class and regional identities and motivations, come to support the fight for independence?
►  How does the Enlightenment in Europe influence the course of events in the Colonies?
►  How can the Colonies hope to defeat a much greater military power?
►  What are the facts contradicting the myth that the American Revolution was a kind and gentle revolution? 
►  What is the role of women in the American Revolution, and how did this change their status?
►  Why does the slaves and the Native Americans tend to support the English rather than the Americans?
►  How can the American Revolution have been avoided entirely?
 ►  Why does the English government lose support of the war at home and see the morale of its troops decline, in a pattern that is familiar to us today?
►  Does the role of France help instigate the revolution, does it merely support it diplomatically, or by direct aid is it instrumental in American victory?
►  The fighting stops in 1781 and the peace treaty of 1783 doubles the size of America.  What are the consequences for political power between the upper and lower classes?
►  What is the international impact of the American Revolution?
►  Why is the original Articles of Confederation, which is America's law through the 1780's, more democratic than the US Constitution which replaced it in 1787?
►  How does the change to the US Constitution shift political power from the lower classes to the upper classes, and why does this happen?
►  How well has American history fulfilled the promise of the American Revolution?