Benjamin Franklin and the American Legacy in Paris
byFrance has an extraordinary way of commemorating the glorious past through landmarks and monuments. Benjamin Franklin had been an off and on resident of…
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The Silence of Slavery in Revolutionary War Art
by“His Britannic Majesty shall with all convenient speed, and without causing any Destruction, or carrying away any Negroes or other Property of the American…
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Shifting American Indian Policy during the Articles of Confederation Era
byWhile the Articles of Confederation are often viewed as a failed attempt at governing the newly independent United States, this period did provide for…
Rockingham, Washington’s Headquarters, 1783
byGeorge Washington slept here. After the commander in chief was summoned to Princeton, New Jersey during the summer of 1783, and finding no rooms…
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King Gustav III of Sweden: Friendly Foe of the United States
byNew York City, November 16, 1783. It was finally here, Evacuation Day. The British, who had occupied Manhattan for seven long years, were finally…
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Comte d’Estaing’s Georgia Land Grants
byOn the morning of October 9, 1779, one of the bloodiest and most forgotten battles of the American Revolution took place during the Siege…
This Week on Dispatches: George Kotlik on the British Invasion of the Bahamas
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor George Kotlik on the British invasion of Spanish Bahamas at the close of the…
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The British Invasion of the Bahamas, 1783: One of the Final Actions of the American Revolution
byTucked away in a small corner of history and buried deep beneath mountains of text lie brief mentions of the British invasion of the…
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Strange Bedfellows: Adams and Franklin as Diplomatic Duo
byClose the window. No, leave the window open. Cold night air can be toxic to one’s health. No, what’s truly toxic is stifled, fetid…
The Annapolis Convention of 1786: A Call for a Stronger National Government
bySpeaking at South Carolina’s ratification convention in 1788, Charles Pinckney derided the Articles of Confederation as a “miserable, feeble mockery of government.” Pinckney was…
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Happy Fourth of July! . . . and a Question
byFor something special this Independence Day, we asked JAR contributors a simple but thought-provoking question. Their answers are insightful and remind us of the…
How Article 7 Freed 3000 Slaves
byThe American Peace Commissioners, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay, and Henry Laurens, signed the preliminary articles of peace in Paris with Richard Oswald,…
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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…
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…