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4 days ago · Indeed, George’s own influential work toward the 1766 repeal of the previous year’s Stamp Act was so popular in America that, by the time Paine’s powerful demagoguery caused it to be torn down, at least one gilded statue of him astride a conquering war horse had stood in a hitherto grateful New York City for nigh on ten years.
14 hours ago · The king had no general. Wolfe and Clive were gone, Moore was a boy, Wellington a child, and India claimed Eyre Coote. Cornwallis was energetic and enterprising, he reaped laurels afterwards in India. Had he or Sir Guy Carleton commanded in chief there might have been a different tale to tell.
4 days ago · The epic 1962 western – made by three directors using unproven ‘Cinerama’ technology – changed Costner’s life. But for better or worse? 2 July 2024 • 5:17pm. A scene from How the West Was Won...
3 days ago · Until early in 1778 the conflict was a civil war within the British Empire, but afterward it became an international war as France (in 1778) and Spain (in 1779) joined the colonies against Britain.
1 day ago · September 2, 2002. ( 2002-09-02) –. April 4, 2003. ( 2003-04-04) Liberty's Kids (stylized on-screen as Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776) is an American animated historical fiction television series produced by WHYY and DIC Entertainment, and originally aired on PBS Kids from September 2, 2002, to April 4, 2003, with reruns airing on most PBS ...
2 days ago · “Replacing Cornwallis' captured army was a questionable proposition, particularly because the British also were engaged in military struggles in India, Gibraltar, the West Indies and Ireland.” In March 1782, the British Parliament passed a resolution to seek an end to the war, and, in September of 1783, a final treaty was signed recognizing American independence.
1 day ago · James Monroe ( / mənˈroʊ / mən-ROH; April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.
