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France officially joined the American colonies in their struggle for independence on February 6, 1778. On this day two treaties were signed: the first was…
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Silas Talbot was a remarkable Revolutionary War notable who was astute and tactically flexible. He was at various times an artisan, entrepreneur, privateer, Rhode…
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“My fate is hard,” Sir Henry Clinton remarked after learning that he had been named commander of the British army in May 1778, adding…
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Historians have long appreciated that the colonies could not have won the American Revolutionary War against the most powerful nation in the world without…
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The story of the Black Haitian soldiers serving in the French army in the battles to wrest Savannah, Georgia, from the British in September–October…
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On the morning of October 9, 1779, one of the bloodiest and most forgotten battles of the American Revolution took place during the Siege…
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One would expect that a country that had been at war for five years would welcome its first ally with open arms. We might…