Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinson joined GBH’s All Things Considered host Arun Rath to talk about his new graphic novel.

Patriots hung British soldier effigies from the Liberty Tree, which grew near Boston Common in the 1600s and 1700s. It was a spot where protesters assembled and pushed the boundaries of dissent.

As smallpox spread, colonists equated public health with self-governance, demanding that local officials track outbreaks and protect the public from contagion.

Old almanacs and songs show how religious icons — familiar from ancient, sacred texts — helped legitimize a war effort for independence.

New England’s behemoth pines were an important resource for the colonists. When the crown tried to reserve the most prized trees for the king, rebellion followed.

While it’s been used as a rallying cry for women’s political rights, the famous phrase may have had more to do with tyranny at home.

Often portrayed as hotbeds of revolutionary fervor, the nine colonial colleges offered curricula that proved traditional and slow to change — even as some students and alumni were having heated debates outside the classroom.

The personal library of Henry Knox encompasses a wide array of topics, from Middle Eastern civilization to philosophy to military tactics.

A patchwork of volunteer historians across Western Massachusetts continue to zero in on the likely path of Henry Knox, 250 years after he managed an astonishing feat of engineering and transportation.

The Boston poet has long been recognized as the first person of African descent in North America to publish a book.