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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Wolfe Tone did not take his own life in jail. He was murdered – and I know who did it

The Irish Times 05 Jun 2023
Combining the Enlightenment ideas of Tom Paine and the seismic events of the American and French Revolutions, Tone courted disaster with his radical idea of uniting Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter to free Ireland from oppressive British rule ... of them – ready for revolution....
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Ten Years of American Pravda and the Unz Review, by Ron Unz

The Unz Review 05 Jun 2023
My original American Pravda article was published just over ten years ago and that same mark is rapidly approaching for the website as a whole ... A couple of years later in 2016, I undertook an even bolder effort aimed at transforming American higher education ... American Meritocracy Revisited ... Raising American WagesBy Raising American Wages....
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Imam Khomeini: The man who changed my world and of many others

Press TV 04 Jun 2023
What first attracted me to Islam was an epoch-making event that took place in 1979 on the other side of the world — the Islamic Revolution in Iran led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ... That revolution sent tectonic waves throughout the world ... What was the goal of this revolution? What drew people in such large numbers to it? I was curious to know....
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What Would Cause a Civil War Today, According to a Historian

The Daily Beast 04 Jun 2023
The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution ... He breaks down how those reasons connect to what’s happening in American politics today—and what’s to come. Plus, he gives insight into the lead-up to the American Revolution ... ....
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Out and About: What's Happening in Philly

The Philadelphia Tribune 04 Jun 2023
The Clay Studio, 1425 North American St ... American St ... The Forten Family of Philadelphia at the Museum of the American Revolution ... Chronicle Forten’s life and follow his family’s 100-year story from the American Revolution through the lead up to the Civil War and women’s suffrage movement ... Museum of the American Revolution, 101 S....
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Historical marker dedicated to the Historic Hernando School

The Courier Times 04 Jun 2023
The Historic Hernando School recently received a historic marker dedication provided by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Fort Cooper Chapter. The DAR is a nonprofit women's volunteer service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism and preserving American history ... .......
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Brainerd Dispatch 04 Jun 2023
Brainerd Branch of the American Association of University Women to meet ... Captain Robert Orr Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution meeting set for June 10. BRAINERD — The Captain Robert Orr Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution will meet 10 a.m....
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Scholarships, June 4, 2023

Marietta Daily Journal 04 Jun 2023
4—The Berks Chapter of the Daughters of the American ......
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Harrisburg native’s cookbook inducted into James Beard Foundation’s hall of fame

Penn Live 04 Jun 2023
The New African-American Cuisine” isn’t going to pass on his most recent accolade ... The James Beard Awards are considered the most prestigious in the American restaurant industry in dozens of categories including top restaurants and chefs ... The book grew out of a revelation African-American cuisine was experiencing a revolution....
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John Hood: Of course, books can be dangerous

Fayetteville Observer 04 Jun 2023
(American populism and progressivism at the turn of the century were relatively moderate reflections of this worldwide revolution in ideas; it took war and depression to pave the way for true social-democratic legislation in the U.S.) ... early American history (FolkloreCycle.com)....
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Of course books can be dangerous

Winston-Salem Journal 04 Jun 2023
(American populism and progressivism at the turn of the century were relatively moderate reflections of this worldwide revolution in ideas; it took war and depression to pave the way for true social-democratic legislation in the U.S.) ... early American history (FolkloreCycle.com)....
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John Hood: Of course books can be dangerous

News & Record 04 Jun 2023
(American populism and progressivism at the turn of the century were relatively moderate reflections of this worldwide revolution in ideas; it took war and depression to pave the way for true social-democratic legislation in the U.S.) ... early American history (FolkloreCycle.com)....
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Roaring send-off for ‘Royals’ at El Camino Real Charter High School graduation

LA Daily News 04 Jun 2023
Show Caption. of. Expand ... Students competed in academic matches, including live trivia, timed essays and impromptu speeches, focused on the theme, “The American Revolution and the New Nation.” The team’s score was 49,161.6 out of a possible 60,000 points, earning the San Fernando Valley school its ninth national title ... Related Articles. Local News . ... ....

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