How Article 7 Freed 3000 Slaves
byThe American Peace Commissioners, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens, signed the preliminary articles of peace in Paris with Richard Oswald,…
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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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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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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…
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The Impact of Jonathan Carver’s Journal and Maps
byCaptain Jonathan Carver’s Reconnaissance Captain Jonathan Carver was hired in August 1766 as a surveyor and draughtsman by Major Robert Rogers, the newly appointed…
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Wrecked in a Thousand Pieces:
Loss of Martha
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When the Maryland Loyalists, a Provincial regiment, marched out of Philadelphia along with the rest of the British Army in June 1778, it mustered…
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A Dragoon a-Wooing
byEven as late as the spring of 1783, there was still a war on. A substantial number of British troops were in New York…
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The Greatest Moment in American History
byCannon boomed 13 rounds and the stylishly dressed citizens of Annapolis, Maryland, swarmed into the streets. General George Washington was arriving, accompanied by only…