Was Florida ruled by the Brits? Lost fortification may rewrite America's colonial past
The discovery provides tangible evidence of a British military presence in Florida during their brief occupation from 1763 to ...
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20 Untrue Myths About Colonial America We All Believed
For most of us, colonial America is a time period vaguely remembered from history lessons in school as children. Important figures such as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin stand out, as ...
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From Indentured Servitude to Racial Slavery
We sometimes imagine that such oppressive laws were put quickly into full force by greedy landowners. But that's not the way slavery was established in colonial America. It happened gradually ...
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Ken Burn’s Film, ‘The American Revolution,’ Previewed in Colonial Williamsburg
WILLIAMSBURG — On March 25, award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns offered the Historic Triangle a sneak peek at his newest ...
Famed filmmaker Ken Burns debuts American Revolution documentary in Williamsburg
Because of the rich historical preservation of this community, do-director David Schmidt said, and the fact that “so much of ...