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Politics

“Pains and Penalties, to be inflicted on the town of Boston”: The Passage of the Boston Port Bill

by Bob Ruppert

On March 7, 1774 the motion to consider the Boston Port Bill was presented to the House of Commons. On March 14, the first...

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December 26, 2024

Declarations of Independence: Indigenous Resilience, Colonial Rivalries, and the Cost of Revolution

by Kelsey DeFord

BOOK REVIEW: Declarations of Independence: Indigenous Resilience, Colonial Rivalries, and the Cost of Revolution by Christopher R. Pearl (University of Virginia Press, 2024. $33.95...

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The War Years (1775-1783)

December 23, 2024

Joseph Plumb Martin: The Religion of a Revolutionary Soldier

by Benjamin E. Severson

Military history has taken a variety of forms, one of which is the lasting trend of social or “from the bottom-up” history. One aspect...

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The War Years (1775-1783)

December 19, 2024

Thunderstruck: The Treaty of Paris Reaches the Frontier

by Joshua Shepherd

For Maj. Arent Schuyler De Peyster, his assignment as commandant of British forces at Detroit was growing increasingly frustrating. For years, British officers at...

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Critical Thinking

December 16, 2024

Quotes About or By Native Americans, 1751 to 1793

by Victor J. DiSanto

Quotes about indigenous Native Americans are brimming with paradoxes. Benjamin Franklin praised their martial skills and the political structure of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy yet...

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