Joanne B. Freeman has 6 lectures on the American Revolution on YouTube, there are 25 lectures in total. She recommends Jefferson and Adams letters. Indeed she goes over her reading list. I have to go to Open Yale Courses and download the reading list. But I'm mostly about listening these days, not as much about reading. There are 25 lectures! The first one is 5 tips to studying the revolution. 1. She reads about Hamilton hating Democracy, and Jefferson not thinking Democracy will work. The way the words mean to us today. Be aware of what you mean and what they could have meant. (I've always thought America could stand for more democracy, there are inflection points, but really having the people rule wouldn't allow for these state restrictions on forcing women to carry unviable fetuses. 2. Founders were people. They're all making it up as they're going along. James Madison tried to study all governments across all time. 3. Not good guys and bad guys, reconstruc...