On February 26, 1775, residents of Salem, Massachusetts, banded together to force the British to withdraw from their town ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNThese Black Soldiers Fought for the British During the American Revolution in Exchange for Freedom From SlaveryFor enslaved Black Americans living through the Revolutionary War, freedom sometimes meant donning the red coat of the enemy.
By Henry HoweDirector, Fort Jackson Museum CommunityOn June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army, marking the ...
Street protests continued on through the late 1760s. Customs officials in the colonies pleaded with the British crown to send soldiers to maintain order. By October 1768 Boston was home to 4,000 ...
The argument escalated until the soldier hit the boy’s head with the butt of his rifle. The scuffle quickly attracted a large crowd of colonists who surrounded the soldier, yelling and waving clubs in ...
Great Britain, Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary all ruled empires. Their colonies sent supplies, food and soldiers to help in the war effort. Britain's colonies sent over two and a half million ...
Street protests continued on through the late 1760s. Customs officials in the colonies pleaded with the British crown to send soldiers to maintain order. By October 1768 Boston was home to 4,000 ...
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