Andrew Oliver
Born in 1706, Andrew Oliver grew up among an affluent Boston family. His father, Daniel Oliver, made his fortune as a prosperous and politically...
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Tarring and Feathering
One of the most striking images from the lead up to the American Revolution is the image of tax collectors and loyalists being tarred and feathered by...
The Boston Liberty Tree
The Liberty Tree was a large elm tree located near the Boston Common at the modern day intersection of Washington Street and Essex Street. It was...
Religion and the Civil War
At the beginning of the Civil War, the United States was a nation of religious people. The 1860 United States Census recorded 28 different Protestant...
John Adams
President John Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, on October 30, 1735. Growing up, Adams received a valuable education from a local Latin...
The Jesse James Bank Museum
Liberty, Missouri | On Febuary 13th, 1866, Jesse James and his gang robbed the Clay County Savings Association; this gang robbed banks and trains to...
Was the American Revolution a Civil War?
VIDEO | As anti-taxation protests turned to war in the Thirteen Colonies, even moderates ended up being forced to take sides. So was the American...
Samuel Adams
Born as the son of a church deacon in 1722, Samuel Adams understood from a young age the authority private citizens could hold over politics once...
Lord North: Britain's Worst Prime Minister?
VIDEO | When Lord North became Prime Minister of Britain in 1770, the protests in the Thirteen Colonies were just a minor inconvenience. But his...
Marietta House Museum
Glenn Dale, Maryland | Former home that tells the same story of former Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Duvall and his family
Sarah Bradlee Fulton
Sarah Bradlee Fulton was born outside of Boston, Massachusetts, on December 24, 1740. Growing up near the busy city, Fulton was exposed to the...
Johann Rall
Johann Gottlieb Rall (Rahl) was a career German army officer. He commissioned into the same regiment as his father, the Regiment Von Donop. Rall...