Jacob Duché: Mixing Religion and Politics During the Revolution
byIn a country in which one of the main constitutional principles is separation of church and state, it is counter-intuitive to find that there…
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The Road to Charleston: Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution
byThe Road to Charleston, Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution by John Buchanan (University Press of Virginia, 2019) John Buchanan’s latest account of the southern theater…
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George Farragut: The Epitome of an American Colonial
byJordi Ferragut Mesquida, better known by his anglicized name George Farragut, was the only known Spanish volunteer who fought under the American flag in…
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Grappling with Imperium in Imperio: Indivisible Sovereignty in Joseph Galloway’s British Empire
byAlthough by 1775 hostilities between Great Britain and the American colonies had commenced, there were still those within the colonies who believed that the…
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Southern Gambit: Cornwallis and the British March to Yorktown
bySouthern Gambit: Cornwallis and the British March to Yorktown by Stanley D.M. Carpenter (University of Oklahoma Press, 2019) In his recent book, Stanley Carpenter produced…
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The Mystery of “The Alternative of Williams-burg”
byAccording to the Virginia Gazette between 400 and 500 merchants gathered in Williamsburg in early November 1774 and “voluntarily and generally signed” the Continental…
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The Double Spy: The Service and Suffering of Caleb Bruen
by“But while a confidence trickster, a play actor or a gambler can return from his performance to the ranks of his admirers, the secret…
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Brothers Mourn the Death of Captain Thomas Moultrie
byThomas Moultrie was one of five sons of a successful South Carolina planter. He served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War as…
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Top Ten Revolutionary War Patriot Homes in Connecticut
by“Connecticut: Still Revolutionary,” is the official slogan of Connecticut’s tourism program since about 2014. As a historian who worked in architecture as the son…
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Loyalist James Allen’s Reflection on the State of the Colonies
byA councilman by profession, James Allen, esquire, lived in Philadelphia during the early years of the American Revolution. A man of considerable social prominence…
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Caught Between the Lines: Eastchester, New York, During the American Revolution
byWhen one thinks of the American Revolution, the places that most quickly come to mind are Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, Yorktown. Yet…
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The Canadian Patriot Experience
byThe American Revolution was in effect a civil war. It included all the heightened acrimony associated with one. In what became the United States,…
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When were they Patriots and Loyalists?
byAt what point during the American Revolution is it most acceptable to classify colonists as either Patriots or Loyalists? 1776. Before this, many…