Was 1775 really the main pivot point in the fight for independence? 1760? 1607? The Founders themselves weren’t sure.
Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...
At mid-month, the royal governor of Massachusetts, a military man, planned to confiscate the gunpowder and weapons rumored to ...
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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 ...
Wilmington can lay claim to two notable theatrical firsts in the United States, one of which predates the Revolutionary War.
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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, ...
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 ...
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