Top 10 Articles of September 2016
byWhat a month! Fresh off one of our busiest months ever, Journal of the American Revolution welcomed nine new writers: Ian Saberton, Dennis Ness, Philip D. Weaver,…
September, 2016
How Britain Tried to Intimidate Colonial Taxpayers into Compliance
byThe Fourth Amendment The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall…
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Why was the Revolutionary War in the south lost by the British?
byA re-evaluation from a British perspective in the light of The Cornwallis Papers It was in 1975, when I was researching the American Revolution, that…
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The Dollar in Revolutionary America
by“Pennies make dollars” is a phrase that has been around a long time and we all know what it means. But, how many pennies…
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The McKay Family’s Personal War on the Savannah River
byBy the end of the war, James McKay had earned quite a reputation for severity against the Loyalists. So much so that, even in…
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The 3rd New Jersey Regiment’s Mighty Dueling Frolic
byMr. Duncan McDougall, a merchant from German Flats area of New York’s Mohawk Valley, joined Capt. Joseph Bloomfield’s company of the 3rd New Jersey…
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York County Pennsylvania Militia 1777
byPrior to the end of 1776, there was no militia or minuteman company established in Colonial Pennsylvania. The Provincial government was ruled by the…
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The Southern Expedition of 1776: The Best Kept Secret of the American Revolution
byOne of the most enjoyable aspects of researching the history of the American Revolution is the process of looking beneath and/or beyond those events…
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Samuel Blachley Webb: Wethersfield’s Ablest Officer
byYoung Samuel Webb was a legend in his time, a hero of the American Revolution.[1] Some said he was “raised with three silver spoons”…
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Henry McCulloh: The Unknown Co-Architect of the Stamp Act
byThe Stamp Act of 1765 is closely associated with Lord George Grenville, First Lord of the Treasury and the Prime Minister of England. However,…
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“Most Blessed of the Patriarchs:” Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of Imagination
byBook review: “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs:” Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of Imagination by Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf (Liveright Publishing Corporation,…
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Revolutionary “Last Words”
byThe last, dying words of many of history’s renowned figures were often inconsistently recorded. Those identified below from people who were famous during the…
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Fort Pownal, Colonial Maine, 1775
byIn early morning fog on April 15, 1775, just days before the momentous clash at Lexington and Concord, two innocent-looking vessels appeared off Cape Jellison…
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Manipulation of the Minutes of a Privy Council Meeting
byOn May 10, 1769 Parliament had voted to repeal all of the Townshend Acts except one – the tax on Tea. It was another…
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Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle
byBook review: Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle, by Mark Edward Lender and Garry Wheeler Stone (University of Oklahoma…
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Captain John Peck Rathbun: As Audacious as John Paul Jones
byJohn Paul Jones tends to overshadow the study of the American Revolution at sea. While his accolades are well deserved, Jones earned many of…
Why the British Lost the Battle of Sullivan’s Island
by“What say you now, Sir Peter Parker!”[1] The high and mighty will sometimes do seemingly odd things in order to make a point. Like,…
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The Rhetoric and Practice of Scalping
byScalping, the removal of the scalp from the head often for use as a trophy, is usually regarded as a uniquely sanguineous Indian practice…