There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...
Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...
On April 12, 1776, the 4th Provincial Congress in session at Halifax passed a resolution that became known as “The Halifax Resolves.” In this document, North Carolinians declared ...
NOVA “Revolutionary War Weapons” Wednesday, April 9 at 9:00 pm In April 1775, war breaks out in Britain’s most troublesome ...
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How an American Merchant, a French Official and a Pioneering Chemist Smuggled Much-Needed Gunpowder to the Continental ArmyLavoisier had assumed control of France’s national gunpowder production. Considered the founder of the Chemical Revolution, ...
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What Spurred the South to Join the American Revolution?How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...
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