1774. It was the first of the Coercive, or Intolerable Acts, five laws passed by the British Parliament to suppress resistance to its authority over the American colonies. The second act ...

Library of Congress Though leaders sought to transcend inter-colonial rivalries—“I am not a Virginian, but an American,” Henry dramatically announced on September 6, 1774, in Carpenters ...

By 1774 Adams believed that American colonists no longer had a choice. The Tea Act was yet another unjust attempt by England to make the colonies pay for its vast empire. If Governor Hutchinson ...

The militiamen who stood in defiance on Lexington Green are the first who fired upon the British regulars, but the road to revolution was paved long before gunfire erupted on that cold April morning ...

Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately ... who became involved in a parallel struggle for their own freedom. 1774-1787: Philadelphia is the site ...

As in the northern colonies, revolution came gradually to Virginia. In June 1774, Virginia’s House ... Its men and treasure were essential to the American struggle, and its central location ...

The court-martial of Robert Newburgh was about more than just his alleged crime – it was a battle over power and masculinity ...

The first option was to let the colonies go. The second was to unify the American colonies with Britain the way Scotland had been united with England. Smith himself was Scottish and, looking back ...

Thomas Gage was appointed Royal Governor of Massachusetts in 1774 and was told by the British government at that time to stop the unrest happening in the American colonies, according to American ...

NOVA “Revolutionary War Weapons” Wednesday, April 9 at 9:00 pm In April 1775, war breaks out in Britain’s most troublesome territory. Now the American Colonial Army faces what seems... Read More ...