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Women of the American Revolution: Taking Up Arms

By: Megan L. Oakley

Mercy Warren: Caustic Propagandist: Inflammatory Author of the Colonial Revolution

By: Jeannie Delahunt

Whaling Art and Entertainment: Scrimshanting and Gamming--Seafaring Recreation

By: Jeannie Delahunt

Abigail Adams: The Incomplete Revolutionary

By: Megan L. Oakley

Roots of U.S. Political Polls: Presidential Polls in Colonial America and the Early 1900s

By: Dennis Jamison

Sperm Whales Ram Whalers: The Sinking of the Anne Alexander and the Essex

By: Jeannie Delahunt

Moby Dick--Mocha Dick: White Terrors of the Pacific

By: Jeannie Delahunt

America's First Government: Balancing National and State Powers in the Articles of Confederation

By: James Hogan

Deborah Samson: The Life of a Female Soldier During the American Revolution

By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

Colonial Williamsburg: A Planned Community in Early America

By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

Colonial Whaling: A Risky Business: Catching the Denizens of the Deep

By: Jeannie Delahunt

Rachel Wall:Notorious Woman Pirate: Colonial Woman Cutthroat of Massachusetts

By: Jeannie Delahunt

The Articles of Confederation: The Conflict Between National Union and State Independence

By: James Hogan

New England Maritime: Northeast Ports and Legends

By: Jeannie Delahunt

Gunpowder Expedition May 2-4 1775: Governor Dunmore Seizes Virginia Gunpowder; Threatens to Free Slaves

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Colonial Women Warriors: Deborah Read Franklin and Deborah Sampson, Diehard Heroines

By: Jeannie Delahunt

Redcoats Retreat April 19 1775: Percy's Rescue: Kings Own, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 47th Foot, Marines

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Battle of Concord - April 19 1775: Rude Awakening - British Troops First Shot Down at Old North Bridge

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

The 1814 Pemmican War: How a Traditional Native American Food Started a War

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Colonial St. Patrick's Day: America's Irish Holiday has Protestant and British Roots

By: Jacqueline T Lynch

The Pre-Washington U.S. Presidency: Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

American Colonies Book Review: History of the United States

By: Christine Musser

Leap Day Deerfield Massacre: 1704 Raid on on the Massachusetts Frontier

By: Jacqueline T Lynch

Eliza Pinckney: Teenage Genius: Indigo Entrepreneur

By: Jeannie Delahunt

Susanna Johnson's Captivity: Indian Raids During the French and Indian War

By: Jeannie Delahunt

Lexington Alarm April 19 1775: Minutemen in Minute Battle of Lexington and Concord is Next Target!

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

The Midnight Ride of Abel Benson: A Slave's Child Uses His Trumpet and Voice: "The Regulars Are Out!"

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

James Hoban Biography: The Irish Architect of the American White House

By: Michael Rowland

Two if by Sea on April 18, 19 1775: Thomas Gage Orders Capture of John Hancock, Sam Adams and the Powder

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

The Forgotten Midnight Riders: 18th of April in 75 Hardly a Man Recalls Patriots Longfellow Ignored

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

General Charles Lee: His Successes, Failures, and Treasons During the Revolutionary War

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Betsy Ross Controversy: Evidence for the Delegation of Three and the First American Flag

By: Samuel Z Jones

Benjamin Franklin, Scientist: Franklin’s Use of the Scientific Method in 18th-Century France

By: James Hogan

Colonial Wars: European Empires Clash in the American Colonies

By: Christine Musser

Queen Anne's War: Great Britain, France, and Spain

By: Christine Musser

Colonial Women and Politics: Daughters of Liberty

By: Jeannie Delahunt

French and Indian War: Louis XIV Battles King William III in North America

By: Christine Musser

The Midnight Riders, April 19 1775: Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott and More Sound the Alarm

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death! Patrick Henry's Speech Electrifies Virginia's Patriots March 23 1775

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Leslie's Retreat - Salem, MA, 1775: British Colonel Alexander Leslie Fails to Capture Rebel Cannon

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Washington's New Birthday: George Washington and the Gregorian Calendar

By: Jacqueline T Lynch

Colonial Tax Policy in Plain Words: Letters From a Pennsylvania Farmer #7: Taxation is Equal to Slavery

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Tax Law in British America: Letters From a Pennsylvania Farmer #6: No Precedence For AmericanTax

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

The Regulators of North Carolina: Vigilante Groups Take Neglect of Justice Into Their Own Hands!

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Sugar Act Passes Parliament 1764: British Law to Specifically Collect Revenue Without Colonial Consent

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

The Albany Plan of Union 1754: Looming French and Indian War Fosters British Colonial Unity

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

The British Empire's Parental Role: Letters From a Pennsylvania Farmer #5: Will Child Be Friend or Foe?

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Taxes and Consent of the Governed: Letters From a Pennsylvania Farmer #4: Are External Taxes Legal?

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Farmer Calls For American Unity: Letters From a Pennsylvania Farmer #3: Warning: Freedom Will Be Lost

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

The Townshend Acts of 1767: Letters From a Pennsylvania Farmer #2: An Unconstitutional Tax

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

The Quartering Act of 1765 Refuted: Letters From a Pennsylvania Farmer #2: Defines Colonial Taxation

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Boston Massacre March 5 1770: 5 Men Killed; Growing Tensions Erupt; Redcoats Fire at Civilian Mob

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Parliament Hears Colonial Protest: Lord Chatham Argues for Petition From The First Continental Congress

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

The First Continental Congress: A Declaration of Rights: What Unified American Colonies October 1774

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Shots Not Heard 'Round the World: The First Battle of the American Revolution at Fort William and Mary

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Colonial Christmas Traditions: Early American Holiday Customs

By: Feature Writer Lorri Mealey

The Quiet Dutch Colonial Influence: New Amsterdam’s Contributions to American Culture and Society

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Ohio Company; Proclamation of 1763: Appalachian Boundary for Indian Territory Causes Revolutionary War

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Mary Dyer, Quaker Martyr, Hangs: Condemned to Die in 1660, Woman Pleads Her Case for The Inner Light

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Are Pilgrims and Puritans the Same: Different Religious Beliefs, Philosophy, Politics, and Geography

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Chief Pontiac's War - 1763: Native Americans Valued Liberty Long Before the American Revolution

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Bacon’s Rebellion – 1676: Virginia’s Revolutionary Heritage or a Prodigious Power Play?

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Network Communications History: Samuel Adam's Network of Liberty is First American Internet

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

The Revolutionary Mindset: What Caused Regular People to Fight in the American Revolution

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

No Taxation Without Representation: Virtual Representation Rejected; Radicals See Cause for Revolution

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Revolutionary Republican Values: Enlightenmen, Reason, Roman Influence Cause the American Revolution

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Writs of Assistance - James Otis: Firestorm Over British Colonial Laws Cause the American Revolution

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

European Immigration to America: English Not the Only People Searching For Revolutionary Freedom

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Join or Die! Live Free or Die! Inspirational Phrases State a Political Case for Revolutionary War

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Slavery and the Revolutionary War: An Officer in American Revolution Attempts to Free Carolina Slaves

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

The Southern Aristocrats Values: Plantation Owner Debt; Major Economic Causes of American Revolution

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

British-American Middle Class: The Colonists Who Were the Economic Cause of the American Revolution

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

The Church of Scotland: The Kirk: Presbyterian Church: Religious Causes of the American Revolution

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Puritan Belief Political Ideaology: A Shining City: Puritan Pride on the American Revolution Time Line

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

The Great Awakening 1739-1740: American Soul is Born Again to Revolutionary Religious Independence

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

William Penn and Quaker Beliefs: Founder of Pennsylviania Creates a Religious Society of Friends

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

The Invention of Slavery: Colonial Virginia

By: Timothy P. O'Hanlon

Origin of the American Revolution: Colonial America Embraced Causes of Freedom Long Before it was Won

By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

General George Washington: The Greatness of America's First General

By: Feature Writer Brian Tubbs

Causes of the American Revolution: Misconceptions Regarding the Role of Taxes in War of Independence

By: Feature Writer Brian Tubbs

Great Books on Early America: David McCullough, Joseph Ellis, et al bring Revolution to Life

By: Feature Writer Brian Tubbs

Land Speculation: Land Speculators Helped to Shape America

By: John Crandall

Plymouth, Puritans, Penn, Quakers, Puritans Founded Plymouth and William Penn Founded Pennslyvania

By: John Crandall

George Washington's Early Years: The Tender Years of the Man on the Dollar Bill

By: Henry Ramsager

The Tobacco Culture: John Rolfe's Importation of Tobacco Saved Jamestown

By: John Crandall

Jamestown, First English Town: In 1607 Englishmen Established a Permanent Settlement

By: John Crandall

Father Junipero Serra: Franciscan Missionary to California Indians

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Tituba, the Salem Slave: Telling Fortunes and Baking a Witch Cake

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Bridget Bishop of Salem: The Witch with the Scarlet Bodice

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Growing Up in Salem, Massachusetts: Puritan Children Rebelling Against Adult Rule

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Cotton Mather: Witch Trials in Salem and Boston

By: Mary Trotter Kion

William Penn: The Quakers in America

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Henry Hudson: Adventurer, Sea Captain, and Explorer

By: Mary Trotter Kion

First Voyage of Henry Hudson: Greenland and Hope For the Northwest Passage

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Henry Hudson and Icebergs: Perils of Early Sailing Ships

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Washington’s Cherry Tree: Legend or Fact?

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Pocahontas: Daughter of Powhatan Possibly Saves John Smith

By: Mary Trotter Kion

The Capture of Pocahontas: British Sea Captain Holds Indian Princes Captive

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Captain John Smith: Settling Jamestown, Being Enslaved, Fighting Pirates

By: Mary Trotter Kion

Starving Winter of 1609/1610: The Women of Jamestown

By: Mary Trotter Kion

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