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From the bravery of the Massachusetts minutemen to the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere to the very first battle of the ...
The colonial victory against the British in the American Revolutionary War was far from a predetermined outcome. In addition ...
The 1920s saw renewed individualism as bankers and financial entrepreneurs speculated wildly with consumer deposits and ...
That whole thing about "no taxation without representation"? Those taxes were mostly import duties on goods imported from Britain.
Q: Why are so many counties and cities in the original 13 colonies still named after British nobility ... but overall, the American Revolution brought limited change. From the outset, many ...
It’s where British explorers first landed on ... if not the official capital, of the colonies during the American Revolutionary War. Philadelphia’s Historic District, the birthplace of the ...
In 1776, the French foreign minister covertly funded colonial rebels ... capable of facing the mighty British Empire. After a series of near-fatal missteps, the American commander in chief adopted ...
Local men who fought in the American Revolution came to life during a lecture on soldiers who influenced what turned into the American Revolution. North Andover Historical Society museum educator ...
The fight for American independence needed more than colonial arms. Britain’s diplomatic isolation proved a powerful weapon ...