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Why Newport, Rhode Island, Scorned the French
byOne would expect that a country that had been at war for five years would welcome its first ally with open arms. We might…
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Top 5 Explosions of the Revolutionary War
byDuring the era of the American Revolution, cannons did not fire exploding projectiles, so the image of explosions on the battlefield doesn’t apply. Mortars…
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The Conspiracy to Destroy the Gaspee
byWith but few exceptions,[1] it has usually been surmised by historians that the 1772 attack on the Royal Navy schooner Gaspee was a spontaneous…
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From Fence to Fence: The Battles of Prudence Island
byThe American Revolution was fought from Maine to Illinois, hundreds of military encounters occurring in what eventually became the United States of America. Among…
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The Touro Synagogue: Peter Harrison, George Washington, and Religious Freedom in America
byThe Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island is the only Jewish house of worship that survives from the American colonial period. Built at the…
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The Organization of the Rhode Island Militia 1774–1783
byThe organization of the Militia in colonial Rhode Island[1] was established by law. Five county regiments and the number of companies in each town…
Did Oliver Hazard Perry’s Father Kill a Quaker?
byA Story of Resistance to the Universal Draft In Rhode Island, as in the rest of New England during the Revolutionary War, a key…
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Revising the Gaspee Legacy
byThe Traditional Narrative of the Gaspee Affair Patriot fervor seemed to have cooled in the months and years following the Boston Massacre in 1770….
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The Culper Spy Ring Was not the First to Warn the French at Newport
byOn July 10, 1780, a French fleet of seven ships of the line and four frigates under Admiral Chevalier de Ternay, along with thirty-six…
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Top 10 Battles of the Revolutionary War
byThe outcome of a war depends on far more than individual battles, but the battles are compelling to study; everyone has a favorite. The…
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African Americans in the American Revolution
byAfrican Americans participated in the American Revolution from its first day. That is another reason why it is shameful that for a long time,…