Williamsburg Gunpowder Incident Archives - Journal of the American Revolution

Historic Sites, People, Prewar Politics (<1775), Speeches and Addresses July 23, 2020 July 21, 2020

Patrick Henry’s March on Williamsburg, May 1775

by Michael Cecere

It had been a very hectic week in Williamsburg for Peyton Randolph, the Speaker of Virginia’s House of Burgesses and the President of the…

Patriots, Politics During the War (1775-1783), The War Years (1775-1783) June 16, 2020 June 16, 2020

Williamsburg Becomes an Armed Camp, 1775

by Michael Cecere

No one disputes that the fighting that erupted at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775 ignited a war between Great Britain and her…

Conflict & War, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Primary Sources December 30, 2019 December 26, 2019

Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation: Information and Slavery

by Patrick H. Hannum

Lord Dunmore, John Murray, the 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730-1809) and Royal Governor of Virginia (1771-1776),[1] was an important political and military figure during…

Arts & Literature September 24, 2013 September 24, 2013

Revolutionary News: 10 Breaking Stories

by Todd Andrlik

In April 1775, reports about the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord took five days to reach Philadelphia and nearly three weeks to reach Charleston,…

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1. John Fitzhugh Millar The American Invasion of Canada

Benedict Arnold could see in the summer of 1774 that when a war broke out the British could simply send troops down Lake Champlain from Canada and clamp a lid…
2. Darren Sharrocks The American Invasion of Canada

Good article and very interesting but the spelling and grammar needs correcting.
3. William Cooke The American Invasion of Canada

It may have been more appropriate to use the spelling Canadien to refer to the French-speaking inhabitants of the Province of Quebec during the Revolutionary War.