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 ...
The First Tax on Newspapers
In August, 1712, the first tax on newspapers was imposed, an attempt by English government to suppress the booming print media industry and eliminate small papers that were most vocal in opposition of the government — a less direct form of censorship. This uniquely untrimmed October 14, 1712 issue of the Spectator, published by Richard ...
The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661-1662
The history of events relating to European witch hunting can be traced back to the Medieval Inquisition and the Knights Templar. Yes, long before the Salem witch trials of colonial Massachusetts, witchcraft — and by consequence witch trials and witch burning — had spread across Europe (remember, the American colonists brought over both good and ...
French and Indian War – Treaties of Peace
The French and Indian War in America was formally concluded with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on February 10, 1763. As the May 1763 issue of Gentleman’s Magazine (printed in London) reports, “The Definitive Treaty of Friendship of Peace between his Britannick Majesty, the Most Christian King, and the King of Spain. Concluded ...
