All posts tagged "King William’s War"
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5.8K1MaineBeginner’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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9.3KPolitics 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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9.6K2MaineSaint-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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35.0K3New HampshireRichard Waldron and the Pennacook Indians – ‘Go Plant Your Pumpkins’
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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12.4K7ConnecticutCaptain 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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10.0K2MassachusettsMassachusetts 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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