American Revolution

The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America.

Starting in 1765, members of American colonial society rejected the authority of the British Parliament to tax them without colonial representatives in the government. During the following decade, protests by colonists—known as Patriots—continued to escalate, as in the Boston Tea Party in 1773 during which patriots destroyed a consignment of taxed tea from the Parliament-controlled and favored East India Company. The British responded by imposing punitive laws—the Coercive Acts—on Massachusetts in 1774, following which Patriots in the other colonies rallied behind Massachusetts. In late 1774 the Patriots set up their own alternative government to better coordinate their resistance efforts against Great Britain, while other colonists, known as Loyalists, preferred to remain aligned to the British Crown.

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Nashua DAR chapter to hold essay and video contests

Union Leader 05 Nov 2024
The Matthew Thornton Nashua Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) has announced its American History and Patriots of the American Revolution essay and video contests .......
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New Jersey launches 250th anniversary celebration

The Trentonian 05 Nov 2024
MANALAPAN — The state of New Jersey has launched its celebration of the nation’s 250th Anniversary, with a focus on the state’s pivotal role in the American Revolution....
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Willson honored with Women in History Award

The Daily Post-Athenian 05 Nov 2024
The Alexander Keith Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) recently hosted the annual four-chapter joint meeting at the Niota Depot .......
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Joan Kriebel Receives DAR Outstanding Service for Veterans Award - exploreClarion

Explore Clarion 05 Nov 2024
The Clarion Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is proud to celebrate Joan Kriebel, recipient of the DAR Outstanding Service for Veterans Award, whose tireless dedication to our nation’s heroes exemplifies the spirit of service that defines our organization ... As an active member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Craig E ... ....
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CindyRae Kuhns

The Citizens' Voice 05 Nov 2024
Studying psychology at College Misericordia (Misericordia University), and criminal justice at Luzerne County Community College, she went on to be a self-employed chandler, owning and operating Candle Revolution, formerly 1998 Candle Company. Cindy was a member of the American ......
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Donald Trump Is Changing What It Means To Be 'American'

Yahoo Daily News 05 Nov 2024
For nearly 10 years, Americans have sought to understand Trump, the intellectual currents that sustain his political rise and the MAGA movement that adores him ... For example, the myth of the American Founding, ... Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address announced a revolution in American thought....
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5 great Amazon Prime Video movies to stream this Election Day

Digital Trends 05 Nov 2024
Amazon Prime Video has an astonishing lineup right at your fingertips ... Related ... Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) tried to stay out of the American Revolution, and he even provided medical aid to both sides after a battle near his home ... Benjamin turns out to be just the man the revolution needed to turn the tide against Tavington and the British ... Pictures....
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Veterans Day Ceremony to be held this Saturday in Mifflinburg

The Danville News 05 Nov 2024
MIFFLINBURG — The newly refurbished Union County World War II Honor Roll in Mifflinburg will be the location of a ceremony to honor veterans on Saturday ... The ceremony will also feature Gold Star Singers, the Shikellamy JROTC, the Union County 4-H Club, Rosie the Riveter, Children of the American Revolution and Girl/Cub/Boy Scouts leading the pledge....
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Our Fragile Infrastructure: Lessons from Hurricane Helene, by Ellen Brown

The Unz Review 05 Nov 2024
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) estimated in its 2021 report that ... We have done it before, notably when Congress was heavily in debt right after the American Revolution, and when the banking structure had completely collapsed in the Great Depression of the 1930s....
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Daughters of the American Revolution Announces Good Citizen Award Winner - exploreClarion

Explore Clarion 04 Nov 2024
CLARION, Pa. – The Clarion Chapter, NSDAR is pleased to announce that Gina Rhoades of A-C Valley High School has been selected as the chapter’s DAR Good Citizen Scholarship winner ... ....
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Par-tea time! November events mark the 250th anniversary of the Yorktown Tea Party.

Daily Press 04 Nov 2024
During the 1773 Boston Tea Party, American patriots threw 342 chests of tea belonging to the British into the Boston Harbor to protest the tax on tea. Yorktown made a splash of its own the following year ... 1 ... 1, according to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation ... 8 at the American Revolution Museum in Yorktown ... 10 a.m ... 8 at the American Revolution Museum....
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The American thread

Arab News 04 Nov 2024
A few American swing states will determine the fate of the world for the next four years ... The ballot boxes will determine the identity of who will hold the American thread that stretches across borders and continents ... But Vladimir Putin knows that the end of the war in Ukraine needs the signature of the American president, not Volodymyr Zelensky....

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