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The American Revolutionary War started on April 19, 1775 at the towns of Lexington and Concord. But how accurate are some of the…
Today marks the 229th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s death, which drew many different responses from the citizens of…
On March 11, 1861, delegates from the newly formed Confederate States of America agreed on their own constitution. And much of it…
On this day in 1755 or 1757, Alexander Hamilton was born in the Caribbean. If you need a quick primer on Hamilton, here are the…
The publication of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense caused a sensation in early 1776 as it explained the need for freedom. But it was…
On December 16, 1773, a group of Colonists destroyed a large British tea shipment in Boston harbor. So did this act of defiance…
It was on this day in 1789 that Founding Father Benjamin Franklin wrote what was probably his last great quote, a saying about the…
On October 26, 1774, the First Continental Congress ended its initial session in Philadelphia with a list of rights belonging to…
On September 17, 1787, a group of men gathered in a closed meeting room to sign the greatest vision of human freedom in history,…
On September 9, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted a new name for what had been called “the United Colonies.” The…
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