pdf |en | | Author: Mary K. Pratt

pdf |en | | Author: Laura Hamilton Waxman

pdf |en | | Author: Samuel A. Drake

epub |eng | 2023-04-11 | Author:Pat Williams

“Let Us Do Our Duty” As the two ships drifted apart, Jones tried to position his ship to fire at the Serapis. But the Bonhomme Richard’s rudder was disabled. The ...

epub |eng | 2018-10-04 | Author:Joe Giorello

In 732, the Muslim forces were being led by a fierce warrior named Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi. He conquered huge parts of the Western world and now was determined to ...

epub |eng | 2015-12-04 | Author:Christopher Forest [Christopher Forest]

Battle of the Serapis September 23, 1779 For many years, British warships were seen as the most powerful in the world. In an attempt to fight this huge fleet, the ...

epub |eng | 2018-02-26 | Author:Brenda Haugen [Haugen, Brenda]

CHAPTER 2 THREATS TO PEACE The British saw the colonists’ acts of rebellion as threats to peace. British officials hoped the arrival of General Thomas Gage in Boston in May ...

epub |eng | 2010-11-12 | Author:Pratt, Mara L. [Pratt, Mara L.]

STOCKS AND PILLORY Such punishments would seem unchristian now, but they were very common in those days. The New England people were also very strict regarding the Sabbath. As soon ...

epub |eng | 2015-11-22 | Author:Teri Kanefield

A copy of one of Benjamin Franklin’s letters to Suzy, sent April 28, 1755. The idea evidently worked. Franklin got the word to the various townships and succeeded in gathering ...

epub |eng | 2015-07-17 | Author:Candace Fleming

REVOLUTIONARY MEMORABILIA Those who give up essential liberty to preserve a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty, nor safety. —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1759 The War Before The dispute between England and ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2010-12-02 | Author:Nathaniel Philbrick

◆ A chest reputed to have been brought aboard the Mayflower by William Brewster. About the same time as Robinson’s passing, a new settlement was started just to the north ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2011-02-01 | Author:James Daugherty

How the Spring Came and How Samoset Came out of the Forest (March 1621) Spring comes slowly to New England, but the March sun rose higher in the south and ...

epub |eng | 2007-11-05 | Author:Nathaniel Philbrick

Three times Philip had avoided what seemed like certain capture, but he had been driven from his homeland. His original fighting force of approximately 250 warriors was down to 40, ...

epub |eng | | Author:Jim Murphy

George and Martha Washington, along with two young relatives and a servant, at Mount Vernon in Virginia. (THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA) On October 28, Washington climbed aboard a coach ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2010-12-03 | Author:Nathaniel Philbrick [Philbrick, Nathaniel]

◆ A chest reputed to have been brought aboard the Mayflower by William Brewster. About the same time as Robinson’s passing, a new settlement was started just to the north ...