All posts tagged "Federalists"
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3.9KMassachusettsStephen Higginson Tells Fish Stories To Parliament In 1771 and Gets Arrested For It
In 1771, the British government desperately needed to know how American colonists felt about fishing policies. Stephen Higginson filled them in, and...
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16.0KMaineMaine Statehood: The Mexit From Massachusetts in 1820
The story of Maine statehood is also the story of a province and a people exploited by absentee owners and left defenseless...
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9.7K4ConnecticutThe Wicked Blue Lights of New London Give Connecticut a Bad Name
On the moonless night of Dec. 18, 1813, a pair of mysterious blue lights at the mouth of the Thames River thwarted...
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6.5KPolitics and MilitaryThe British Burn the Capitol – and Some New Englanders Celebrate
On August 24, 1814 the British troops stationed around the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812 made a march to Washington....
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