All posts tagged "French and Indian War"
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3.9KConnecticutJoseph Brant, Mohawk Leader, Goes to Dartmouth (Before It Was Dartmouth)
On Aug. 1, 1761, three teenaged Mohawk boys arrived on horseback at Moor’s Charity School in Lebanon (now Columbia), Conn. Two, Nickus...
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5.4K1MaineBeginner’s Guide to the French and Indian Wars, All Six of Them
Before the American Revolution, which everyone knows about, six – count ‘em, six – French and Indian Wars engulfed the region for...
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5.4KConnecticutDavid Wooster, Revolutionary War Hero, Befriends a Freed Slave
David Wooster is known more as the person who gave New Haven’s Wooster Square neighborhood its name than for his heroism during...
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14.7KCrime and ScandalThe Boon Island Cannibals of Maine
On a frosty New Year’s Day in 1711, the York County coroner was summoned to examine a frozen body discovered in a...
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12.7KMassachusettsThompson Maxwell, the Forrest Gump of the American Revolution
In 1820 at the age of 78, Thompson Maxwell rode his horse more than 1,600 miles from Detroit to New England and...
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7.9K1Politics and MilitaryLoyalists and Patriots: Mary Munro Sent Packing to Canada During the Revolution
During the American Revolution, Vermont was a battleground that pitted loyalists and patriots against each other, not just on the battlefield but...
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