While John Adams called for a declaration of independence in the Continental Congress, a down-on-his-luck Englishman named Thomas Paine sounded the clarion call for revolution in January 1776 ...
The British during the American Revolution had occupied New York Harbor with a force of some 400 ships stationed off Staten ...
That’s a legacy worth recalling this July 4. Ten years before the American Revolution, Charles Pratt, the chief justice of Common Pleas in Great Britain, took to the floor of the House of Lords ...
The first widespread agreement across the American Colonies dealt with economic independence from British trade and taxation.
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American officer Benedict Arnold met in secret with British Major John Andre on Sept. 21, 1780, with a plot to trade the American stronghold at West Point for cash amid the American Revolution.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The annual reenactment of the 1776 failed peace conference was held at the Conference House Saturday ...
I’m a businessman, not a politician. I decided to run for president after the 2022 “red wave” never came. Some Republicans blamed the pro-life movement for that disaster. Others blamed ...
The Battle Born Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution is a women's volunteer service organization, promoting Patriotism, Education and Historic Preservation.
From the first roll of a snare drum to the Liberty Bell sounding the final signature on the Declaration, the Marriott Theatre ...
While John Adams called for a declaration of independence in the Continental Congress, a down-on-his-luck Englishman named Thomas Paine sounded the clarion call for revolution in January 1776 ...