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Marquis de Lafayette

Marquis de Lafayette was a French aristocrat and soldier who is most well-known in America for his support of the Patriot Cause and service in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

General John Sullivan, Portrait, Illustration

Battle of Rhode Island

The Battle of Rhode Island took place on August 29, 1778, between the United States of America and Great Britain. The outcome of the battle was inconclusive, however, it is most well-known for being the first battle of the war in which American forces fought together with allied French forces.

Richard Howe, Admiral, British Royal Navy

Admiral Richard Howe

Richard Howe was an Admiral in the British Royal Navy and commanded forces during the Revolutionary War from 1776 to 1778. He is often criticized for failing to take advantage of situations that may have ended the war as early as 1776.

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War of Jenkins’ Ear

Witchcraft in Colonial America

Thomas Hooker

Pennsylvania Colony Facts

Prince Henry the Navigator

APUSH, Regions of British Colonies

Lake Champlain, Battle, 1609

Great Dying

Pueblo Revolt

John Winthrop

Daniel Boone, First View of Kentucky, Painting, Ranney

The Wilderness Road

The Wilderness Road, which was blazed by Daniel Boone and a group of men under his command, was a vital route for American pioneers who emigrated west in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is believed as many as 300,000 people took the Wilderness Road into Kentucky.

First Anglo Dutch War, Battle of Scheveningen

The First Anglo-Dutch War

The First Anglo-Dutch War was fought from 1652 to 1654 between the Commonwealth of England and the Dutch Republic. England won the war, allowing it tighten control over the American Colonies.

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Dominion of New England

Benedict Arnold

Ben Franklin – Quotes

Stephen A. Douglas

Ethan Allen

John Adams

Abigail Adams – Quotes

Abigail Adams

Sons of Liberty

Battle of Gettysburg

Short Hints and Stubborn Things

Outrage in Baltimore — the Pratt Street Riot and the First Bloodshed of the Civil War

Eddie the Drummer Boy and the Battle of Wilson’s Creek

The Lost 49ers — the True Story of How Death Valley Earned Its Name

George Forsyth’s Eyewitness Account of Robert E. Lee’s Surrender at Appomattox Court House

Abraham Lincoln, a Séance at the White House, and a Visit from the Spirits of Henry Knox and Stephen Douglas

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Pontiac Takes Up the War Hatchet, Illustration

Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763)

After the French and Indian War, Native American Indian tribes launched attacks on British forts.

George Grenville, Prime Minister, Portrait

Sugar Act (1764)

George Grenville’s Sugar Act of 1764 set the stage for the American Revolution.

Stamp Act and Stamp Act Crisis (1765)

The Stamp Act of 1765 ignited a Crisis in America and the slogan “No Taxation Without Representation.”

Coervice Acts (1774)

Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party with the Coercive Acts and put Thomas Gage in charge of enforcing them.

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Colonial America and the French and Indian War

Salem Witch Trials (1692–1693)

The famous Witchcraft Crisis took place in Salem Village in 1692–1693.

Separatists (Pilgrims)

Puritan Separatists — the Pilgrims — left Europe and sailed to America for Religious Freedom.

Battle of Lake George, Johnson Saving Dieskau

Battle of Lake George (1755)

Learn about the intense battle from the French and Indian war that included the Bloody Morning Scout, the Bloody Pond, and the death of King Hendrick.