A Wartime Visit to the Enemy’s Capital
byImagine what it would be like to visit London during the waning days of the American Revolution, to hear about attitudes of British officers…
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The Strange Affair of the King and the Repeal of the Stamp Act
by“The King had evidently consented to the repeal, and then disavowed his Ministers.”—Horace Walpole, Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third In…
Should the War Continue? The Motion in the House of Commons, December 12, 1781
byFollowing the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, the House of Commons began to debate whether or not the war…
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King Frederick the Great and the American Colonies: The Preliminaries
byUpon the death of his grandfather on May 31, 1740, Frederick William II of the House of Hohenzollern became the King of Prussia. Over…
The 25th Grievance of the Declaration of Independence
byWhen Thomas Jefferson wrote the twenty-seven grievances against the King listed in the Declaration of Independence, he did so with the intention of encapsulating…
This Week on Dispatches: Mark R. Anderson on the Fate of King George III’s Bust in Montreal
byOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews independent historian and JAR contributor Mark R. Anderson on the fate of King George III’s bust…
King George III’s Montreal Bust in a Pattern of Iconoclasm
byThroughout history, changes in political order have often been accompanied by the destruction of the old regime’s images and monuments. The July 9, 1776…
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Teaching the American Revolution in the United Kingdom
byTeaching the American Revolution in the United Kingdom comes with baggage. But British students respond to it ways that an American might not expect….
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A Video Tour with Bridget Barbara: New York City’s Bowling Green and the Statue of King George III
byThe bronze Charging Bull sculpture is not the only iconic statue to have stood at the southern tip of Manhattan. In 1770, a large…
The Exception to “No Taxation Without Representation”
by“I know not why we should blush to confess that molasses was an essential ingredient in American independence.”— John Adams[1] A one penny per…
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The Fight Behind the Declaration of Independence
byPut yourself, in your mind’s eye, back in June 1776, specifically, the period between June 7 and July 1. It is precisely at that…
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Thomas Fletchall’s Association: A Loyalist Proclamation in the South Carolina Backcountry
byThomas Fletchall was a man of considerable influence in the South Carolina backcountry. Born in Maryland in 1725, Fletchall and his family relocated to…
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If Only We Had a Primary Source: Stories of the American Revolution
byThere are many myths associated with the American Revolution, and at JAR we do our best to set the record straight on as many…
Catharine Macaulay, England’s First Female Whig Historian: the War Begins, 1775
byBy the end of 1774, Catharine Macaulay had met Benjamin Rush, Arthur Lee, Richard Marchant, and Benjamin Franklin, and had corresponded with John Dickinson, James…
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“Be A King George”
by“Be a King George.” Four simple, but oft repeated words drilled into the Prince of Wales from childhood by his mother, Augusta of Saxe-Gotha….
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The “Hynson Business”—The Story of a Double Agent
byWars have a way of creating strange alliances, and the American Revolution was no exception. I encountered one such unusual relationship while researching my…
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King George III’s Twitter War
byIn 1775 London was the largest, most prosperous and economically important city in the world. [1] Though it was Britain’s capital, politically and economically…
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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 Statue of George III
byOn the southern tip of Manhattan Island is a small oval area called Bowling Green. On this site on March 21, 1770 a statue,…
The Worrisome Age of King George III
byFour years into the Seven Years’ War, an expensive global conflict known better as the French and Indian War in America, a twenty-two-year-old prince…
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Top 10 British Losers
byThe American Revolutionary War was a war Britain seemingly should have won. Its failure is popularly blamed upon the incompetence of the political and…
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Washington Authorizes Plan to Kidnap Future King
byIn my recent book, Kidnapping the Enemy: The Special Operations to Capture Generals Charles Lee and Richard Prescott (Westholme Publishing, 2013), I focus on…
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A Tale of Two Kings: Charles I and George III
byAmericans have traditionally viewed the War for Independence as a revolt against the authority of Britain’s King George III. That is certainly true on…
1763: A Revolutionary Peace Exhibit
byThe Treaty that Redefined North America On Wednesday August 10, 1763, crowds of Bostonians gathered after nightfall and stood watch over the harbor. Under…