On this day in history, August 22, 1776, the British invade Brooklyn by sea
The British military invaded Brooklyn with an awesome show of force, landing 15,000 men by noon, on August 22, 1776, marking ...
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Mark the 248th Battle of Brooklyn anniversary with events across the borough
It’s the 248th anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn this month and, as is the tradition in the borough, there are a bevy of ...
On this day in history, August 10, 1776, Declaration of Independence reaches London
The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It took five weeks past that point ...
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The Book of Negroes
click image for close-up In 1776, British troops under the command of General Billy Howe captured New York City. The city continued to be a British stronghold for the duration of the war ...
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Revolutionary moments: How American autocracy and democracy both happen slowly and then all at once
It is up to us whether it will be fascism or democracy that, in the end, moves swiftly, and up to us whether we will choose ...
Lake Charles American Press1d
Louisiana America 250: Group poised to tell of state’s role in American Revolution
The United States will celebrate its 250th birthday on July 4, 2026, and an organization called Louisiana America 250 will ...
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A Revolutionary War
While John Adams called for a declaration of independence in the Continental Congress, a down-on-his-luck Englishman named Thomas Paine sounded the clarion call for revolution in January 1776 ...
‘The Memory of ’76’ Review: Reinventing the Revolution
The term ‘Founding Fathers’ was coined by Warren G. Harding in a speech delivered almost a century and a half after the ...
Meet the American who launched modern submarines, John Philip Holland, 'brilliant' self-taught engineer
Meet the American who is "the father of the modern submarine." The first U.S. and British submarines, the USS Holland and HMS ...
Park Ranger John on MSN12h
Complete Guide to George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park is located in Southwestern Indiana in the town of Vincennes. The park honor ...
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British Imperialism and Globalization, c. 1650-1960
Against this far wider canvas, this essay sets out to understand the part free trade has played in British politics from the publication of Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776) to the referendum decision ...
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Settler Society in the English Leeward Islands, 1670–1776
‘Devoted Islands’ and ‘That Madman Wilberforce’: British Proslavery Patriotism During the Age ... Settler Society in the English Leeward Islands, 1670–1776 is the first study of the history of the ...