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The blog will consist of posts on places, people, events and writings related to American History. Information is derived from a variety of historical sources
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Bridget Bishop Death Warrant In 1692, Being found guilty of “certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries,” Bridget Bishop...
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Jun 102 min read
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James Oglethorpe In 1732, James Oglethorpe received a charter from Britain’s King George II to establish the colony of Georgia. In 1775,...
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Jun 92 min read
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Andrew Jackson In 1833, In Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, President Andrew Jackson boards a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train for a...
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Jun 62 min read
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Henry "Lighthorse" Lee In 1781, Augusta, Georgia was captured and held by Patriots after changing hands several times during the war. ...
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Jun 52 min read
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Reconstructed Fort Necessity In 1754, Colonel George Washington and his small military force were busy constructing Fort Necessity, east...
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Jun 42 min read
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In 1774, On June 2, 1774, the British Parliament renews the Quartering Act. The Quartering Act, in conjunction with the Massachusetts...
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Jun 21 min read
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Andrew Jackson In 1806, Andrew Jackson, who later served as president of the United States (1829–37), fatally shot Charles Dickinson in a...
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May 302 min read
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Banastre Tarleton In 1780, the treatment of Patriot prisoners by British Colonel Banastre Tarleton and his Loyalist troops leads to the...
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May 291 min read
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In 1754, In the first engagement of the French and Indian War , a Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George...
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May 282 min read
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Benjamin Rush In 1813, Thomas Jefferson writes to John Adams to let him know their mutual friend and fellow signer of the Declaration of...
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May 272 min read
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In 17891, Major General Nathanael Greene and 1,000 Patriots attempt an attack on the critical village of Ninety Six in the South...
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May 222 min read
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Coercive Acts In 1774, King George III approves the Coercive Acts in response to the Boston Tea Party In 1805, the King of Spain...
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May 202 min read
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Cynthia Parker as an adult In 1836, a raiding party of Comanche, Kiowa, and Kichai warriors attacked Fort Parker (in...
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May 192 min read
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Button Gwinnett In 1777, Button Gwinnett, a Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence is fatally wounded in a duel with General...
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May 161 min read
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In 1607, Jamestown was settled by E nglish settlers arriving under the authority of the Virginia Company of London chartered by King...
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May 141 min read
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In 1848, Congress authorized a declaration of war against Mexico. In 1864, the first military interment occurred on the grounds of...
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May 131 min read
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Major General Benjamin Lincoln In 1780, Major General Benjamin Lincoln of the Continental Army was forced to surrender with 7,000...
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May 121 min read
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In 1754, Join, or Die , considered to be the first American political cartoon, was printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette . The cartoon...
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May 91 min read
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Hernando de Soto reaches Mississippi In 1541, Spanish Conquistator Hernando De Soto reaches the Mississippi. He is the first European to...
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May 81 min read
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Conspiracy of Pontiac, by Gari Melchers, 1921. Courtesy the Library of Congress [LC-D416-872]. In 1763 Pontiac's Rebellion against the...
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May 71 min read
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