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8 Fast Facts About Hessians
By the start of the American Revolution, the British military was spread thinly across their global empire. Despite having tens of thousands of troops…
The American Revolution Comes to Albany, New York, 1756-1776
“The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment…
Easton’s Missing Dead
When it comes to Pennsylvania military hospitals during the Revolution apart from Philadelphia, Bethlehem has received a great deal of (appropriate) attention by scholars…
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10 Quotes on Tyranny
The world has seen many a tyrant from Genghis Khan to Hitler. At all times, people have had an impression of what made one…
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General Who?
When historians think of Continental generals of the Revolutionary War, many familiar names come to mind. Henry Knox, who rose from a bookseller to…
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The Complete Continental Cartridge Cannister Chronicles
By the fall of 1777, the15th Virginia Regiment had been involved in some of the toughest fighting of the American Revolution—the engagements in northern…
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Washington’s Second Christmas Day Attack
From the intelligence provided by his New York and New Jersey spies, General Washington believed, early in 1777, that General Howe would eventually strike…
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Top 10 Articles of February 2015
There is never a dull month at Journal of the American Revolution. In February, we continued to experience impressive reader traffic and welcomed three…
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Top 10 Revolutionary War Newspapers
Historians have long praised newspapers for the role they played during the American Revolution, but they don’t always zero in on specific papers that…
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The American Crisis Before Crossing the Delaware?
Does saying so make it so? Perhaps, if said convincingly and repeatedly. But sometimes it’s fair to ask: Who says so? And how do…
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Reaction to the 1775 Gunpowder Episode by the Independent Company of Albemarle County
The Royal Governor’s April 21, 1775 removal from Williamsburg’s Powder Magazine of gunpowder essential to Virginia’s defense caused an immediate furor among Virginians as…
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How was the Revolutionary War paid for?
It’s one thing to make speeches about declaring independence, or to assemble militias and discuss battle tactics against the enemy. It’s quite another thing…
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James Madison and the Making of America
Book Review: James Madison and the Making of America by Kevin R. C. Gutzman (St. Martin’s Press, 2012) In James Madison and the Making…
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