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These Daring Revolutionary-Era Artists Promoted the Patriot Cause From the Heart of Enemy Territory
What did the American Revolution look like? As the United States hurtles toward the 250th anniversary of the nation’s ...
July 4, 1776: The day the American dream of independence was born and how it changed history
The American Revolution was a turning point in modern history. It was one of the first successful movements to overthrow ...
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Meet the Defiant Loyalists Who Paid Dearly for Choosing the Wrong Side in the American Revolution
American colonists who aligned with the British lost their lands, their reputations and sometimes even their lives ...
An 18th-century battle flag sewn in Bethlehem, Pa., tells a little-known tale of the American Revolution
The Pulaski Banner stands out not only for its striking design but for the extraordinary story it shares about the ...
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250 years since the start of the American Revolution, a look at Dartmouth’s ‘very strange corner’ of the conflict
Frontier and revolution. History professor Paul Musselwhite described the Upper Valley as a “very strange corner of the American Revolution.” The Upper Valley was considered a frontier, only recently ...
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The birth of the American Revolution - CBS News
The birth of the American Revolution 07:48. ... Hancock was one of the wealthiest men in the colonies, and a major financier of the patriot cause. Adams had helped plan the Boston Tea Party.
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Brack: New documentary digs into American Revolution
Burns, in Charleston for a preview of this team’s new “The American Revolution” documentary that comes out in six months, said South Carolinians of 250 years ago faced a gruesome civil war ...