Rogers M. Smith is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author or coauthor of eight books, most recently That Is Not Who We Are! Populism and Peoplehood. Richard R. Beeman (1942-2016) was the John Welsch Centennial Professor History, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the author of eight books including Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776.