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A year before declaring independence, colonists offered 'Olive Branch' petition to King George III
Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched under the banner "No Kings." ...
Ken Burns on how the American Revolution "turned the world upside down"
Ken Burns on why the American Revolution was a "big deal in world history" 01:45. The American Revolution was one of the most ...
A revolutionary reimagining of American identity for the Fourth of July
In 1852, nearly a century after the Declaration of Independence was signed, Frederick Douglass famously asked, “What to the ...
How martial law made the American Revolution
Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...
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How drinking in bars fueled American independence
A Man Full of Trouble is Philadelphia’s last remaining example of colonial bar culture that birthed the American Revolution.
The Nation the Army Built
General George Washington rode into Cambridge, Massachusetts, to lead an army of 16,000. These men, Washington announced, ...
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The American sex revolution - Archive.org
186 pages I. Revolution in sex behavior : An odd revolution ; Why it is important proliferating promiscuity ; Growing sex addiction -- II. Sexualization of American culture : Literature ; Painting and ...