Nov 5, 2009

The Massachusetts Government Act of 1774: The Second of the Intolerable Acts Increased Tensions

By: David Todd

Nov 4, 2009

Colonial and Modern Williamsburg Christmas: Christmas at Colonial Williamsburg Reflects New as Much as Old

By: Sara E. Lewis

Nov 2, 2009

Facts and Myths About Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving’s History is Often Misunderstood

By: Bailey Shoemaker Richards

Nov 1, 2009

Thomas Hooker, Market Bosworth and Hartford: The Link Between a Leicestershire School and the US Constitution

By: John Welford

Oct 31, 2009

What the Pilgrims Ate in 1621: The First Thanksgiving Menu was Very Different

By: Bailey Shoemaker Richards

Oct 28, 2009

What Was Life Like for Women in Colonial Boston? Running a Business Was Not Uncommon, Especially for Widows

By: Brian Deming

Oct 24, 2009

Jonathan Brewster Reaches Plymouth on Fortune: Son Assumes Father’s Leadership Role

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Oct 24, 2009

Plymouth Life Style That First Thanksgiving: Less Than 50 Left to Bring in the First Harvest

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Oct 23, 2009

Story of Thanksgiving, Time to Share and Praise: Thanksgiving Celebration as it is Know Today from Humble Beginnings

By: Christopher Clayton

Oct 22, 2009

The Boston Port Act of 1774: Parliament’s Aims and Provisions

By: David Todd

Oct 22, 2009

What Happened at the Boston Massacre: A Besieged Sentry, a Deluded Crowd, and a Flustered Officer

By: Brian Deming

Oct 22, 2009

The Dispute that Led to the Boston Massacre: It Started with an Insult Over a Wigmaker's Bill

By: Brian Deming

Oct 22, 2009

African American Poet Phillis Wheatley: First Black Female to Publish Book of Poetry

By: Allene Reynolds

Oct 20, 2009

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton: Federalists, Republicans and the Identity of a New Nation

By: Ron Goodwin

Oct 17, 2009

Thanksgiving History and Origins: Traditions and Story Behind this National Holiday

By: Terah Talley

Oct 16, 2009

Ann Foster a Confessed Witch: Andover Woman Caught Up in 1692 Salem Witch Hysteria

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Oct 15, 2009

Education and America's Early Settlers: American Colonists Laid Groundwork for Modern Education

By: Leslie McCloud

Oct 15, 2009

Was Paul Revere's Mother a Silversmith? Colonial Women Working in the Trades

By: Allene Reynolds

Oct 15, 2009

Student Discontent at Harvard Before Revolution: As Boston Raged, Scholars at Cambridge Staged Their Own Rebellions

By: Brian Deming

Oct 15, 2009

Rules at Harvard College in the 1760s and 70s: Harvard Scholars Faced Fines for Playing Cards, Watching Plays

By: Brian Deming

Oct 14, 2009

The Intolerable Acts: Did the British Parliament Overreact and Cause the Revolution?

By: David Todd

Oct 13, 2009

Rebecca Nurse Accused as Witch in 1692: Her Silence Taken as Sign of Her Guilt

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Oct 8, 2009

Bowne House, NYC Landmark for Religious Freedom: "Flushing Remonstrance" Was Precursor to US Bill of Rights

By: Ellen Freudenheim

Oct 4, 2009

The Land Bank, Sam Adams, and the Revolution: A Now-Forgotten Crisis That Primed Massachusetts for Independence

By: Brian Deming

Oct 1, 2009

Who Said What About Mayflower Pilgrims: Historians and Writers Evaluate Plymouth Colony Founders

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Oct 1, 2009

Mayflower Compact and Plymouth Colony Government: Historic Document Called for Democratic Self Determination

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Sep 30, 2009

How Colonial Chesapeake Ancestors Lived: When Genealogy Reveals Little, Research and Restorations Show Why

By: Sara E. Lewis

Sep 30, 2009

Whatever Happened to the Pilgrims and Puritans? So Important in Shaping Colonial America, But Where Are They Now?

By: Brian Deming

Sep 29, 2009

The Fashion Statement of Revolutionary Newport: Common Clothes Along with Designer Dresses and Gowns

By: Mike Virgintino

Sep 27, 2009

Women, Divorce, and American Independence: Amid Talk of Liberty, More Women Sought to Dissolve Marriages

By: Brian Deming

Sep 26, 2009

British Loyalists Before the Revolution: Gouverneur Morris Tells Why he Opposed the Agitation Against Britain

By: David Todd

Sep 25, 2009

The American Revolution Today - September 2009: Book Says Federal Government More Drastic Change than Revolution

By: Mike Virgintino

Sep 25, 2009

Revisiting Battles of Lexington & Concord: 1923 Retrospective Titled Nineteenth of April 1775

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Sep 21, 2009

Names of Children of Mayflower Passengers: Pilgrim Babies Named Desire, Love, Fear; But Nary a Harry

By: Brian Deming

Sep 18, 2009

The Battle of Cowpens and the Southern Campaign: A Decisive American Victory in the Revolutionary War

By: Michael Allred

Sep 18, 2009

Causes of the Boston Tea Party: Taxes, The East India Company and the Colonists

By: Lorri Brown

Sep 18, 2009

What Happened to the Mayflower? Tiny Ship Has Huge Role in American History

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Sep 14, 2009

Manhattan Before the Dutch: Pre-Colonial Landscape of New York Alive With Diverse Species

By: Melissa Cooper

Sep 13, 2009

British Response to the Boston Tea Party: Lord Dartmouth Gives Instructions to Governor Gage

By: David Todd

Sep 11, 2009

Celebrating New York's 400th Anniversary: Dutch Heritage Found Throughout State

By: Mike Virgintino

Sep 11, 2009

Revolutionary Attractions in Boston: The Sites and People Associated with Freedom

By: Mike Virgintino

Sep 9, 2009

Wilkes, American Colonists, and The North Briton: Why Was Colonial America So Fascinated with the Number 45?

By: Brian Deming

Sep 8, 2009

The Religion of John Adams: The Second President and the Separation of Church and State

By: Darryl Hamson

Sep 4, 2009

Witchcraft in Colonial America: Prosecution of Witches Unevenly Distributed in British North America

By: Darryl Hamson

Aug 31, 2009

Life as an Apprentice in Colonial America: Boys as Young as Six Worked in Shops; Some Ran Away

By: Brian Deming

Aug 30, 2009

Independence of the Massachusetts Legislature: Response to the King’s Letter About Committees of Correspondence

By: David Todd

Aug 30, 2009

The Massachusetts Revolution of 1774: The Beginning of the End of British Rule in North America

By: Darryl Hamson

Aug 24, 2009

The Battle of Cowpens: Turning Point of the Revolutionary War in the South

By: William Hammond

Aug 24, 2009

Gravestones in Colonial New England Cemeteries: Attitudes About Death Disclosed on Carvings in Early Burial Grounds

By: Darryl Hamson

Aug 23, 2009

The Battle of Camden: A Major British Victory Threatens the American Revolution

By: William Hammond

Aug 22, 2009

The Siege of Charleston: The Continental Army Suffers its Worst Defeat in the War

By: William Hammond

Aug 20, 2009

The Religion of George Washington: What is Known About the Faith of the First President?

By: Darryl Hamson

Aug 20, 2009

The Battle of King's Mountain: A Critical American Victory in the Revolutionary War

By: William Hammond

Aug 19, 2009

John and Samuel Adams, Patriot Cousins: How These Key Figures of the Revolution Were Related

By: Brian Deming

Aug 19, 2009

The Battle of Princeton: Second American Victory of the Revolutionary War

By: William Hammond

Aug 18, 2009

The Origins of the United States Army Band: Military Band Traditions from Colonial through Revolutionary America

By: Megan Winkler

Aug 17, 2009

The Battle of Trenton: First American Victory of the Revolutionary War

By: William Hammond

Aug 17, 2009

The Murder and Scalping of Miss Jane McCrae: The Innocent Loyalist Life Lost Won Patriot Hearts Against Burgoyne

By: Megan Winkler

Aug 17, 2009

The Stamp Act and the American Revolution: The Stamps That Sparked Rebellion Weren’t Stamps at All

By: Brian Deming

Aug 15, 2009

Christ's Hospital and Colonial America: British Americans Often Sought Apprentices from London’s Orphanages

By: Darryl Hamson

Aug 15, 2009

The Battle of Saratoga: The Turning Point of the Revolutionary War

By: William Hammond

Aug 14, 2009

William Nuthead (1654-1695): First Printer in British Colonial Virginia and Maryland

By: Sara E. Lewis

Aug 12, 2009

The Old State House Museum: The Historic Seat of Boston Politics

By: Holly Beth Anderle

Aug 12, 2009

Pieces of Eight – Not Just Pirate Money: The Most Commonly Used Coin in Colonial America

By: Darryl Hamson

Aug 12, 2009

Plimoth Plantation Daily Life: Pilgrim Men, Women, and Children Each had a Role to Play

By: Eric Niderost

Aug 9, 2009

Miracle at Yorktown: The Battle that Ended the Revolutionary War

By: William Hammond

Aug 7, 2009

Drawing the Mason Dixon Line: United States North Becames Yankee and the South Becomes Dixie

By: Christine Musser

Aug 7, 2009

The Wampanoag Indians of New England: Native Americans Who First Encountered English Pilgrims

By: Eric Niderost

Aug 6, 2009

Reaction in Philadelphia to the Tax on Tea: The Tea Act of 1773 Met Different Kinds of Resistance in Each City

By: David Todd

Aug 6, 2009

Making Whiskey in Western Pennsylvania: Homemade Spirits Threatens the Peace of the New United States

By: Christine Musser

Aug 6, 2009

The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving: English Settlers and Wampanoag Natives Meet in 1621

By: Eric Niderost

Aug 6, 2009

The Mayflower: Famed Ship that Carried the Pilgrims to New England

By: Eric Niderost

Aug 4, 2009

Battle in the North Sea: HMS Serapis vs. Bonhomme Richard

By: William Hammond

Aug 1, 2009

Pietro Alberti Was First Italian American: Immigrant from Italy Stepped Ashore Near Fort Amsterdam in 1635

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Aug 1, 2009

Colonial Resistance to the Tea Act of 1773: The Sons of Liberty Lead the Protests in New York

By: David Todd

Jul 31, 2009

Benjamin Franklin, Environmentalist: Franklin, Joseph Priestley, and the Discovery of Ecosystems

By: Darryl Hamson

Jul 30, 2009

Mob Leader Mackintosh in Colonial Boston: Brief But Key Role of a Shoemaker in the Run-up to Revolution

By: Brian Deming

Jul 27, 2009

Occupations of Colonial American Ancestors: Definitions for Jobs in Early America

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Jul 25, 2009

Pain and Humiliation with Tar and Feathers: In Colonial America, Victims Included Houses and at Least One Horse

By: Brian Deming

Jul 24, 2009

Colonial Tavern Center of Village Activities: Inns Were Links in Transportation and Communications Networks of Era

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Jul 23, 2009

Ben Franklin Summarizes the Colonial Complaints: Political Satire Proves Ineffective in Generating Support in England

By: David Todd

Jul 22, 2009

Patrick Henry's Liberty or Death Speech: Did the Renowned Virginia Orator Really Say the Familiar Words?

By: Darryl Hamson

Jul 19, 2009

Battle of the Brandywine, 1777, September 11: George Washington's Continental Army Loss to Howe's British Forces

By: Teresa Knudsen

Jul 19, 2009

Powdered Wigs in Colonial America: Demand for the Brutus, Buzz, and Major Bob Kept Wig Makers Busy

By: Brian Deming

Jul 17, 2009

The Atlantic Slave Trade: Data Inputs or Real People?

By: Ron Goodwin

Jul 16, 2009

The Other Declarations of Independence: Colonial American Declarations Before July 4, 1776

By: Darryl Hamson

Jul 14, 2009

Pope Day in Boston Before the Revolution: November 5 Was a Day for Brawls and Parading With a Straw Pope

By: Brian Deming

Jul 12, 2009

Samuel Adams on the Rights of the Colonists: A Leading Patriot Presents a Declaration of Rights in Boston

By: David Todd

Jul 9, 2009

Taverns in Colonial Boston: Before the Revolution, the Tavern was the Center of Life in Boston

By: Brian Deming

Jul 7, 2009

Ergotism and the Salem Witch Trials: Could Deadly Witch Panic Have Had a Mundane Cause?

By: Jenny Ashford

Jul 7, 2009

Notes of a Seafaring Revolutionary War Soldier: Zenas Phinney Crossed the Delaware with George Washington

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Jul 6, 2009

Common Sense and The Failure of Mercantilism: Thomas Paine Argues for Political and Economic Independence.

By: Bill Scherer

Jul 5, 2009

Smallpox and Variolation in Colonial Boston: Epidemic in 1764 Brought John Adams to Boston for Inoculation

By: Brian Deming

Jul 4, 2009

Declaration of the Continental Congress: On the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms

By: David Todd

Jul 4, 2009

Declaration of Independence: Little Known Facts Surrounding America's Founding Document

By: Elvira Nieto

Jul 3, 2009

The Debate for American Independence: Jefferson Summarized the Arguments Made in the Continental Congress

By: David Todd

Jul 2, 2009

The Proclamation of 1763 – Issues and Reaction: King George’s Attempt to Deal With New Lands and Help the Indians

By: David Todd

Jul 2, 2009

Children in Colonial America: Pre-Revolution Kids Had to Grow Up Fast

By: P. Ryan Anthony

Jun 30, 2009

Warning Out – Casting Out the Poor: Being Destitute in Colonial America Sometimes Meant Being Sent Away

By: Brian Deming

Jun 29, 2009

Common Sense: A Commentary: Introduction: Thomas Paine Classic that Fueled the American Revolution

By: Bill Scherer

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