King Philip’s War: “The Bloodiest War in American History”
“Always brutal and everywhere fierce, King Philip’s War, as it came to be called, proved to be not only the most fatal war in all of American history but also one of the most merciless,” Jill Lepore wrote in her award-winning book The Name of War: King Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity ...
The Effect of the Royal Proclamation of 1763
On October 7, 1763, King George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which legally restricted any westward expansion of American colonies beyond the Appalachian Mountains. The goal was to prevent the cost of any further conflict with the native Americans since the French and Indian War had just ended (browse Rag Linen’s French and ...
Benjamin Harris and his Publick Occurrences
On September 25, 1690, the first issue of Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick hit the streets of Boston. With that issue, Benjamin Harris published the first attempt at an American newspaper. Harris intended for his newspaper to be printed monthly. It contained four pages — three with printed news and a blank one for ...
