Sons of Liberty: An Intercolonial Network of Organized Resistance

Posted by on Mar 28, 2010 in 1763-1775, 18th Century, All Posts, American Revolutionary War, Colonial America, Founding Fathers, Major Historical Events | No Comments

Stamp duty. When these two words touched American soil in April 1764 — as a teaser of the internal tax coming after the Sugar Act — they set in motion a chain of events that forever altered the course of American history.  One ripple effect was the formation of the Sons of Liberty. To some, ...

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Colonial Newspapers: Unsung Heroes of the American Revolution

Posted by on Mar 19, 2010 in 1754-1763, 1763-1775, 1775-1783, 18th Century, All Posts, American Revolutionary War, Colonial America, Colonial Printing, Journalism Milestones, Major Historical Events, Prelude to Independence | 2 Comments

Colonial newspapers are unsung heroes of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War. Specifically, several newspapermen and women deserve recognition for their role in America’s founding, including: Benjamin Edes and John Gill, Boston Gazette Isaiah Thomas, Massachusetts Spy William Goddard, Pennsylvania Chronicle Peter Timothy, South Carolina Gazette Thomas Green, Connecticut Courant John Holt, New York ...

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B. Franklin’s Confession to Leaking Hutchinson’s Letters

Posted by on Feb 27, 2010 in 1763-1775, 1775-1783, 18th Century, All Posts, American Revolutionary War, Colonial America, Founding Fathers, Milestone Documents, Prelude to Independence | 5 Comments

If a finger had to be pointed at one person for causing the American Revolutionary War, a strong case can be made for pointing it at Thomas Hutchinson. According to the Origins of the American Revolution by Andrew Stephen Walmsley (1999): Rarely in American history has a political figure been so pilloried and despised by ...

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Paul Revere’s “View of the Year 1765″

Posted by on Feb 21, 2010 in 1763-1775, 18th Century, All Posts, American Revolutionary War, Colonial America, Colonial Printing, Major Historical Events, Milestone Documents, Prelude to Independence | 5 Comments

Paul Revere’s engraving of Boston’s “Bloody Massacre” is one of his most well known works. As of this posting, more than 60 percent of the Google image results for “Paul Revere engraving” return his engraved depiction of the Boston Massacre. A lesser known engraving by Revere is his patriotic response to the Stamp Act, titled ...

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