Henry and Lucy Knox sacrificed family, home, and beliefs to adopt their new American identity. In late...
War of Independence
In the summer of 1776, Boston offered smallpox inoculation to everyone and required those who declined to...
Three American Revolutionaries your textbooks never told you about. Joseph Harris Not all enslaved Americans of the...
Here he was a living legend—a pristine icon of the most glorious days of the Revolution. From Hero...
When people fled the new United States in the 18th century, they were taken in by the...
Did a black-robed regiment really exist during the American Revolution, or was it just a myth? The...
The ring was tasked to provide General Washington information on British Army operations in New York City....
Refusing to lead a military coup against the Continental Congress in 1783 put the new nation on...
Joseph Warren’s political activism began with his writings about the Stamp Act, and he began to be...
Loyalist individuals were inspired to action or inaction by a variety of motives, only some of which...
When their cause was defeated, about 15 percent of the Loyalists (65,000–70,000 people) fled to other parts...
A noted historian debunks the conventional wisdom about America’s War of Independence. Introduction We think we know...
What do the ghosts of that bloody history whisper to us now? At this moment that feels...
These acts worked, inadvertently, towards unifying colonists against British policy. Abstract The purpose of my project is...
It can be traced, in part, to the Enlightenment and its profound impact on colonial thinking. Political...
The original Green Mountain Boys were a militia in what is now Vermont in the decade prior...
Soldiers were typically yeoman farmers with a sense of honor and status and an ideological commitment to...
The term has also been applied to various later civilian paramilitary forces trying to recall the success...
Women spies of the American Revolution. Introduction Throughout the Revolutionary War, there are stories of heroism; those...
Two wives of the American Revolution – one a patriot, one a spy. By Victoria Cooney Lucy...
Examining some myths about women during the Revolutionary War and trying to find the truth. We all...
An 18th-century guide taught Americans how to eat simply but sumptuously. By Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald...
They may not have been hosting a cookout, but they did know how to imbibe and celebrate....
Why aren’t Delaware and Georgia included and why did he combine four northeastern colonies into one? The...
Corroborating Prudence’s wartime adventures is difficult. Introduction Prudence Patterson was born in 1743 (either in Wales or...
Great Britain hoped that the Intolerable Acts would isolate radicals in Massachusetts and cause American colonists to...
While tremendously popular in Britain, George was hated by rebellious American colonists. Introduction George III (George William...
Today, Benedict Arnold’s name is synonymous with treason, betrayal, and defection. Introduction Benedict Arnold (January 14, 1741...
Bancroft’s activity as a double agent was not revealed until 1891, when British diplomatic papers were released...
Even after his death in 1790, Franklin remained an American celebrity. Introduction Born in Boston on January...