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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American Revolution Experience (State of Indiana)

Public Technologies 14 Feb 2025
). Hosted by Alexander Hamiltom Chapter. The "American Revolution Experience" is several panels that explore the American Revolution ... Location ... Open. Tuesday-Friday ... Closed ... Disclaimer....
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Record Research&Development Investment Announced

Hungary Today 14 Feb 2025
Péter Szijjártó said that this investment is already an important result of the Hungarian-American economic cooperation entering a new era, which gives Hungary the opportunity to be at the forefront of the great artificial intelligence revolution....
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DAR Arrowhead Valley Chapter will dedicate tree at the Asistencia in Redlands

Redlands Daily Facts 14 Feb 2025
The Arrowhead Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution invites the community to a Presidents Day tree dedication at the Asistencia in Redlands, as part of America250, the nationwide commemoration of the United States’ 250th anniversary coming in 2026....
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Torres: Muslim, immigrant, American patriot | Opinion

Florida Today 14 Feb 2025
Majeed will be honored early next month with the distinguished National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Americanism Medal at the Florida State DAR Conference in Champions Gate ... Stephany Eley, Regent Commodore John Barry Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution....
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Bridges Texas History: The disastrous Red River Expedition, Part 1

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 14 Feb 2025
William Dunbar, the Scottish scientist and Mississippi planter who had immigrated to the United States before the American Revolution, was chosen by Jefferson to plan this venture ... An expedition along the Red River would take American explorers closer to Spanish territory than any other expedition to this time....
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Genesee Chapter of DAR holds award luncheon

The Flushing View 14 Feb 2025
Members of the Genesee Chapter of the DAR. FLUSHING — The Genesee Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, held an award luncheon at the Flushing United Methodist Church on Friday Jan. 24 ... Discuss how service can foster a strong sense of community and strengthen our American Identity?” She won a $500 scholarship for this ... Photos provided ... ....
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How Trump’s USAID Freeze Threatens Global Democracy

Time Magazine 14 Feb 2025
His political rise is inextricably linked to his willingness to break with American norms ... it would undermine American interests and global stability ... As a Hungarian-American, I deeply honor the legacy of the 1956 revolution, which lasted 12 days before Soviet troops crushed it....
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Commissioners talk creative council, extension services, America\u2019s 250th birthday

Potter Leader-Enterprise 14 Feb 2025
The Potter County commissioners covered a lot of ground during their Feb ... The P3C organization should tie in well with another county initiative, Revitalize Potter County ... Lastly, Commissioner Paul Heimel noted that work is already starting on the semiquincentennial in 2026, with the Daughters of the American Revolutions planning activities ... .......
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Panic In DC, Rats Everywhere, Transparency Is The Only Way, Phase III, A Traitors Justice ...

X22 Report 14 Feb 2025
“The American public deserves a more transparent and accountable government than what transpired these past four years.” ... A second American revolution is needed to free the people from their oppression by the bureaucracy! https.//t.co/kjCYvnrYSF ... A second American revolution is needed to free the people from their oppression by the bureaucracy!....
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Five Quick Things: The Glitch McConnell Solo Act

The American Spectator 14 Feb 2025
American mining companies will be investing a lot of money in Ukraine to extract those minerals, and that means great jobs for Ukraine and almost certainly a lot of infrastructure to move the products of those mines ... Send American kids to die for Emmanuel Macron? Or Keir Starmer? Seriously?....
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Pfluger hosts US Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Capitol Hill

Odessa American 13 Feb 2025
Energy Secretary Chris Wright at the committee’s weekly meeting to lay out an aggressive path forward for American energy production ... Energy Secretary Chris Wright at the Committee’s weekly meeting to lay out an aggressive path forward for American energy production ... We’re unleashing American energy production....
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Reader Opinion: Another NH school 'solution' that's unfair, by Edward Murdough

The Keene Sentinel 13 Feb 2025
By the time of the Revolution, American colonists had two advantages over their English cousins. Ordinary citizens in America could own land and had access to public education ... ....

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