All posts tagged "sons of liberty"
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4.8KPolitics and MilitaryThe Providence Tea Party: On Dry Land, in Daylight and Thrown By Women
Rhode Island patriots had no more love for tea than did their allies in Boston, and on March 2, 1775, they threw...
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3.5KArts and LeisureA Green Mountain Boy Stars in an 1839 Romance Novel, Heaving Bosoms and All
Green Mountain Boy Seth Warner might have been a forgotten Revolutionary War hero had he not appeared in an 1839 romance novel....
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11.4K1MassachusettsIn 1774 Joshua Edson Reads About His Death
In October of 1774, Boston newspaper publishers Benjamin Edes and John Gil printed a letter that told of a startling sight in...
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11.4K4New England PlacesSix Places That Raised a Liberty Pole
Beginning in 1766, the liberty pole symbolized dissent from Great Britain, but over the years it took on different meanings for the...
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9.2K3MassachusettsJohn Rowe Takes the Middle Path in the American Revolution
John Rowe was a prominent Boston merchant, socialite and politician at the time of the American Revolution. Born in England in 1715...
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3.5K1New England PlacesSix Places Where a Revolutionary Hero Lived
You didn’t have to show courage in battle to be a revolutionary hero. But if you were, it probably took more than...
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7.6K1New England PlacesSix French Place Names in Six New England States
French place names reveal much about the history of a city or town. They reflect the great historical events that took place...
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10.1K4MassachusettsJoseph Warren, The Patriot Who Might Have Made Us Forget George Washington
Joseph Warren, say some today, would have been the first president of the United States had he not been killed at the Battle...
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25.7K2ConnecticutHow the Daughters of Liberty Fought for Independence
On August 14, 1768, the Daughters of Liberty cheered from windows as the Sons of Liberty paraded through Boston to commemorate their...
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5.9KMassachusettsBoston’s John Allen: The Uncool Revolutionary
John Allen was one of the first American churchmen to declare that King George III was so badly managing colonial affairs that...
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