All posts tagged "King William’s War"
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8.1K1MaineBeginner’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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11.7KPolitics and MilitarySamuel Cranston, Rhode Island’s 30-Term Governor
Rhode Island’s Governor Samuel Cranston won election as Rhode Island’s governor 30 times, once twice in one year. No other governor surpassed...
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12.4K2MaineSaint-Castin, the French Baron Who Drove the English From Maine
A 13-year-old son of a French baron named Jean-Vincent d’Abaddie de Saint-Castin arrives in Maine in 1665 to quell the Iroquois and...
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44.1K3New HampshireRichard Waldron Pays Dearly for Tricking the Penacook in 1689
In 1676, Richard Waldron of Dover, N.H., received an unwelcome order from Massachusetts. King Philip’s War was winding down and a group...
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14.0K7ConnecticutCaptain William Kidd, Vicious Pirate or Enterprising Privateer?
William Kidd supposedly buried treasure off the Connecticut coast before sailing to Boston in 1699. There, he thought, he would receive clemency...
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11.9K2MassachusettsMassachusetts Issues the First Paper Money in the Western World To Pay for King William’s War
Late in the 17th century, Elisha Hutchinson made a startling announcement: Soldiers fighting King William’s War in French Quebec would be paid...
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