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Economics, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) March 12, 2019 March 14, 2019

How Robert Morris’s “Magick” Money Saved the American Revolution

by Harlow Giles Unger

The year 1780 ended badly, and the new year boded worse for America’s War of Independence. Maj. Gen. Benedict Arnold’s treason and defection to…

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Economics, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) January 21, 2019 January 21, 2019

Continental Congress vs. Continental Army: Paying For It All

by Stuart Hatfield

When the Second Continental Congress met in June 1775, they were not prepared for what they found. Several months earlier on April 19 the…

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1. Douglas R Dorney The Fruits of Victory: Loyalist Prisoners in the Aftermath of Kings Mountain

Excellent article! It's beyond the scope of this work but it'd be interesting to see how many of these Loyalists rejoined the British. I have come across instances of some…
2. Richard Welch Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed

After he turned coat and was given a command in the Royal Army, British officer's in New York referred to him as "the Rebel Slut."
3. Andre Gousse The Two Sieges of Louisbourg: Harbingers of American Discontent

This article barely skim the surface of these two sieges and offers only an English-centered view of events with oversimplification of acts. For a far more balanced and detailed study…