All posts tagged "French and Indian Wars"
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20.1K9Connecticut6 Revolutionary Taverns
The American Revolution probably wouldn’t have happened had it not been for the Revolutionary taverns where patriots and Loyalists gathered to talk...
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46.1K8ConnecticutWilliam Franklin, Ben’s Son, Spent the Revolutionary War in a Connecticut Jail
The American Revolution created rifts in many families with both patriots and loyalists among their members, none more disruptive than the divide...
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17.9K4ConnecticutIsaac Bissell Electrifies Connecticut With News of the Battle of Lexington
Isaac Bissell electrified the colonies of Massachusetts and Connecticut with the news of the Battle of Lexington in April 1775. He rode...
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7.2K11Politics and MilitaryBetter Late than Never: Seth Warner Saves the American Cause at Bennington
In August of 1777, some New Englanders feared America was losing its Revolutionary War. American forces had surrendered Fort Ticonderoga without a...
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5.5K1MaineCaptain James Blinn Rescues the Massachusetts Fishing Fleet in 1723
Capt. James Blinn, master of the sloop Seaflour, was a simple trader passing between Nova Scotia and Boston, but hd managed to...
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13.9K2MassachusettsDuc D’Anville Sails for New England in 1746 to Burn the Town of Boston
In 1745, William Pepperrell led an expedition to Acadia that stunned the French government. The French king, Louis XV, ordered the Duc...
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