The first visual and narrative account of the American Revolution told through tales about the Colonial-era inns, taverns, and alcoholic beverages that shaped i

Examines the critical role of urban taverns in the social and political life of colonial and revolutionary America From exclusive “city taverns” to seedy �

The fourth annual compilation of selected articles from the online Journal of the American Revolution.

The cities of eighteenth-century America packed together tens of thousands of colonists, who met each other in back rooms and plotted political tactics, debated

American colonists knew just two types of public building: churches and taverns. At a time when drinking water was considered dangerous, everyone drank often an