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The Dedication speech for the Princeton Battle Monument was delivered by President Warren G. Harding’s on June 9, 1922, in honor of the Battle of...

The 1764 drill was the manual of arms used by the Continental Army until 1778 and used by the British Army throughout the conflict. Like their...

The only known list detailing a Continental soldier's uniform and personal effects.

These articles detail the terms under which British Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered to Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates after the Battles of Saratoga...

This act was passed to assert the authority of the British government to tax its subjects in North Americ after it repealed the much-hated Stamp Act...

On July 6, 1775, a year before the Declaration of Independence, the Second Continental Congress issued this declaration warning that while war can...

This pamphlet tells the story of the Boston Massacre from a Loyalist perspective, including both a narrative of the events of March 5, 1770, and 31...

These are entries in the diary of David Hall, a resident of Boston, dated March 11, March 18, and March 25, 1770. He writes about the "Dark day" of...

Parliament passed this act as an amendment to the Mutiny Act of 1765; unlike the Quartering Act of 1774, this act forbids soldiers to be billeted in...

Throughout the mid 18th century, committees of correspondence were formed throughout the colonies in order to establish a system of communication with...

Written by George Mason for the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1776, this document declared the inherent rights of men and would strongly...

In response to the Townshend Acts passed by Parliament in 1767, Samuel Adams, on behalf of the Massachusetts legislature, wrote the Massachusetts...