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Commentary: War for independence was 'the people's war'
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” may have persuaded the American colonists of the need for independence, but it is one thing to ...
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The First War of Indian Independence
The British historians may call it ‘The Sepoy Mutiny’ or ‘The Revolt of 1857’ or by any other name, but the uprising of 1857 will always be the First War of Independence in India. Even though it was ...
Oct. 19 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1781, Britain's Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered with more than 7,000 troops to Gen. George Washington at Yorktown, Va., effectively ending the American ...
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” may have persuaded the American colonists of the need for independence, but it is one thing to ...
When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, he had an exceedingly difficult task ahead of him. The 33-year-old planter, who had left law practice just before Britain’s ...
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