epub |eng | 2008-02-05 | Author:Mark Puls [Puls, Mark]

American prospects for the war did not brighten with the spring of 1780. On May 12 in Charleston, South Carolina, British general Henry Clinton forced the surrender of General Lincoln, ...

epub |eng | 2011-04-05 | Author:James Madison [Larson, Edward J.]

— Mr. G. MORRIS moved to strike out the last member of the section beginning with the words “qualifications of electors” in order that some other provision might be substituted ...

epub |eng | 2011-09-23 | Author:Tonsetic, Robert L. [Tonsetic, Robert L.]

Nathaniel Greene. Major General Nathaniel Greene commanded American forces in the Southern Theater during 1781, and was largely responsible for thwarting the British southern strategy. Courtesy of the National Archives ...

epub |eng | 2019-01-08 | Author:Brad Meltzer & Josh Mensch [Meltzer, Brad]

47 New York, New York June 1776 The Life Guards. They’re George Washington’s elite unit. His trusted bodyguards. The most disciplined men. The best-trained soldiers. In an army otherwise made ...

mobi |eng | 2003-01-01 | Author:Walter Isaacson

Franklin’s First Articles of Confederation Plan For the colonies to cross the threshold of rebellion, they needed to begin conceiving of themselves as a new nation. To become independent of ...

epub |eng | 2018-04-24 | Author:Paine, Thomas [Paine, Thomas]

The bishop says, that “miracles are proper proofs of a divine mission.” Admitted. But we know that men, and especially priests, can tell lies and call them miracles. It is ...

epub |eng | 2018-06-14 | Author:Paine, Thomas [Paine, Thomas]

epub |eng | 2014-04-23 | Author:Kenneth A. Daigler [Daigler, Kenneth A.]

British major John André, General Clinton’s intelligence aide and the case officer who handled Benedict Arnold. Library of Congress During his service in North America, André developed a very low ...

epub |eng | 2019-03-09 | Author:James Madison, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton

epub |eng | | Author:Eric A. Posner

In his first inaugural address, he counseled reason and moderation: “My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking ...

epub |eng | 2017-12-08 | Author:Washington Irving [Irving, Washington]

* * * 1 [These restrictions led to ill-humor among the Indians who soon announced their intention of returning home, unless the restraints imposed by Burgoyne were withdrawn. Burgoyne was ...

epub |eng | | Author:Melvin Yazawa

CHAPTER FOUR Virginia Matters In early February 1788, Thomas Jefferson proposed a strategy for ratifying the Constitution that he thought would “have all its good, and cure its principal defect.” ...

epub |eng | 2015-06-15 | Author:Gilbert, Ed; Gilbert, Catherine

Most militiamen functioned as mounted infantry, but some were equipped as dragoons and better equipped to fight as cavalry. This militia dragoon has a locally-made sword and helmet, but is ...

epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Richard M. Ketchum [Ketchum, Richard M.]

It is difficult to imagine anyone who could have been spared less easily by the Provincial Congress and Committee of Safety than Joseph Warren, but Warren operated on the theory ...

epub |eng | | Author:Daniel Marston

Middle Atlantic campaign Howe’s campaign in the Middle Atlantic centered around the engagements at Brandywine and Germantown. He moved troops into New Jersey in an attempt to draw Washington and ...