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Top 10 Articles of July 2015
byThanks to everyone for making July a spectacular month at Journal of the American Revolution. We welcomed 125,000 readers and four new writers: T. J….
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Contributor Close-up: Michael Cecere
byAbout Michael Cecere Michael Cecere teaches U.S. History at Robert E. Lee High School in Fairfax County, Virginia and at Northern Virginia Community College…
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General Washington’s Commando: Benjamin Tallmadge in the Revolutionary War
byBook Review: General Washington’s Commando: Benjamin Tallmadge in the Revolutionary War by Richard F. Welch. Jefferson (McFarland & Company, 2014). While most historians agree…
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Revising the Gaspee Legacy
byThe Traditional Narrative of the Gaspee Affair Patriot fervor seemed to have cooled in the months and years following the Boston Massacre in 1770….
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How the British Won the American Revolutionary War
byNo, I have not lost my mind. Of course, the Americans won their freedom from British rule. However, what started in 1775, as an…
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Contributor Close-up: Thomas Verenna
byAbout Thomas Verenna Thomas Verenna is a member of the Valley Forge Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, an Associate Board Member of the…
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The Final Theaters, the Final Fights
byThe British defeat at Yorktown in October 1781 did little to convince those fighting that peace was near. Gen. George Washington pleaded with his…
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Enlisting Lasses: Women Who Aspired to be Soldiers
byAlmost every student of the Revolutionary War has heard of Deborah Sampson, the Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man and served for…
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A Shocking Havoc: The Plundering of Westfield, New Jersey, June 26, 1777
byBefore a single British soldier set foot on New Jersey soil, Deputy Adjutant-General of the British Army in North America Stephen Kemble was concerned…
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Coercive Powers Amendment
byOn June 12, 1776, the Continental Congress appointed a committee to prepare a plan of confederation for the young colonies. The articles directed the…
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Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It
byBook Review: Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It by John Ferling (New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2015) Whirlwind: The American Revolution…
A Gift for General Washington
byIn a letter to Patrick Henry recounting the events of the Battle of Monmouth, George Washington included information about losses on both sides and…
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Stark: The Life and Wars of John Stark, French and Indian War Ranger, Revolutionary War General
byBook Review: Stark: The Life and Wars of John Stark, French and Indian War Ranger, Revolutionary War General by Richard Polhemus and John Polhemus…
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Adams vs. Paine: A Critical Debate
byThere is a tendency today to lump the Founding Fathers together as though somehow they thought alike, acted in unison and actually got along…
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Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death”—Granddaddy of Revolution Mythologies
byI first encountered Patrick Henry in fifth grade. He was the patriot of “Give me liberty, or give me death!” fame—not to be confused…
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Contributor Close-up: Thomas Fleming
byAbout Thomas Fleming: Thomas Fleming is one of the most distinguished and productive historians and novelists of our time. He has written twenty nonfiction…
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The Village of Machias Confronts the Royal Navy, June 1775
byThe winter of 1774-75 had been difficult for the colonists nestled near the falls of the Machias River on the far eastern edge of…
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India: The Last Battle of the American Revolutionary War
byThe next time you’re in a trivia contest and the question comes up, “What was the last battle of the American Revolutionary War?” the…
How John Adams Almost Undermined the French Alliance
byOn September 27, 1779, John Adams was appointed “Minister Plenipotentiary for negotiating a Treaty of Peace and a Treaty of Commerce with Great Britain.”…
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Murder Along the Creek: Taking a Closer Look at the Sugarloaf Massacre
byOn September 11, 1780, a detachment of forty-one Northampton County, Pennsylvania, militiamen was surprised by a force consisting of thirty Seneca warriors and Tories….
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5 Political Characters of Americans
byThe March 18, 1777 Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia) published an essay by “S.” that classified five political characters of Americans. The article was republished in…
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The Discharge
byWhen a soldier’s term of service was complete, he was discharged. Besides having arrears of pay and other obligations resolved, he was given a…
To the Sound of the Fife
bySo you’ve been elected Captain of the militia company of your small Massachusetts town in 1774, and now you’ve got to train your men….