How a tiny island and a small minority helped America win its freedom

There weren't many Jewish people in Colonial America. But when it was time to choose sides, they helped a new nation fight ...
The New York Times

Enslaved Black Children Were Educated Here. Now the Public Can Learn the History.

Beginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on view in Colonial Williamsburg. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Spirited Revolutionary Who Led the Fight for Independence in Corsica Also Inspired America’s Colonial Rabble-rousers

Pasquale Paoli was a “small fish fighting an entire empire.” Four thousand miles away, the founding fathers were watching and ...
Avery Journal

Colonial tea party Saturday at Morrison Library, more America 250 programs planned

As the nation prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary this July — marking its emergence as a sovereign democratic ...
American Rifleman

American Fowlers: The Colonial Longarm for Hunting & Home Defense

In colonial America, it was firearms from other countries that armed soldiers, but for most of the civilian populace, American-made fowlers fit the bill.
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Colonies of America: More diverse than you'd think

Despite their many differences, the North American colonies eventually came together as one country – the United States of ...
International Middle East Media Center

Israel is USA’s “Mini-Me” – Settler/Colonial Reflections

Israeli is a microcosm of the USA. It’s like a little miniature version of the settler-colonial state that took over the entirety of turtle island from “sea to shining sea” between the 1600s and the ...
The Atlantic

The Colonial Expansion of the United States

OUR country has been suddenly placed in the position of a man who, intending to make a small bill at a foreclosure sale to protect the interest of a poor neighbor, finds himself unexpectedly the owner ...