With the country on the brink of war, lawyer and patriot Patrick Henry delivers a speech on the rights of the colonies before the Second Virginia Assembly. His words ‘give me liberty or give me death’ would become the war cry of the...
At a time when the British ruled over the 13 colonies of North America with an iron fist, poet, playwright and ‘whistleblower’ Mercy Otis Warren – used her words to throw serious shade their...
Did you know that during the American Revolutionary War some American women disguised themselves as men in order to join the fight? Women played a critical role both on the homefront and on the...
Think you know all about the American War of Independence? Think again! This is the untold story of the African and Native Americans who fought in the war that defined our country....
In the late 1700s, three major revolutions rocked the Atlantic World. But what were the ideas that characterized the Age of Revolutions, and how did they change the course of...