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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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Strategy to Pre-war Violence?
byDo you think there was a greater strategy behind most of the pre-war violence, or was it primarily raw emotion and vengeance? There…
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Benjamin Franklin: America’s First Whistleblower
byEdward Snowden and the NSA documents. Julian Assange and the WikiLeaks diplomatic cables. Daniel Elsberg and the Pentagon papers. Benjamin Franklin and the Hutchinson…
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The Pine Tree Riot
byWho can call to mind the Pine Tree Riot? Until recently, this act of defiance to accepting British authority was one with which I…