Victory at Saratoga: Getting the Word Out
byIt is axiomatic that the American victory at Saratoga was, aside from events at Yorktown, the pivotal military event of the American Revolution. The…
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The Articles of Confederation and Western Expansion
byThe Articles of Confederation described the first government of the new United States. As one may imagine from understanding the later debates on the…
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The Resignation Revolution
byThe threat of resigning one’s military commission under protest is almost a matter of tradition. If your leaders made a decision you did not…
The Impeachment of Senator William Blount—the First in American History
byIt is easy to suggest that William Blount made no significant contribution to the development of the United States. His achievements, although not negligible,…
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George Rogers Clark and William Croghan
byGeorge Rogers Clark and William Croghan: A Story of the Revolution, Settlement, and Early Life at Locust Grove by Gwynne Tuell Potts (Lexington: University Press…
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General Thomas Conway: Cabal Conspirator or Career Climber?
by“French Officers hate him” and “none of the English Officers . . . love him.”[1] The American Revolution produced the names of great individuals who…
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Was General Anthony Wayne Murdered?
byOne of the most extraordinary coincidences in history? Or, was it murder? You be the judge. Anthony Wayne Anthony Wayne is generally remembered as…