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Category Archives: British Colonies
The Ride of Paul Revere
Introduction We were taught as children about the midnight ride of Paul Revere. It was a great story for young children — fourth or fifth grade, perhaps. That dashing silversmith — who, booted and spurred and with a heavy stride, … Continue reading
The Devil in John Marshall
Introduction There was nothing easy in the process of creating a new country called the United States, but if we endeavor to understand that process, then it becomes more likely that we will better understand how we’ve arrived at our … Continue reading
The Puritan-Pequot War
Introduction At no time in the early history of European migration to North America did any man or woman have “an easy time” of it. Many did not long survive in the new world. If hostilities did not kill them, they starved. Lack of … Continue reading
The New Northwest Territory
Introduction There was a time when the territorial extent of British America began at the Atlantic seacoast and ended at the eastern foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. This boundary was an intentional restriction imposed upon the colonists by the British government, … Continue reading
The Northwest Indian War
Some Background In 1757, long before the Revolutionary War with Great Britain, Benjamin Franklin was sent to England by the Pennsylvania Assembly as a colonial agent to protest the political influence in Pennsylvania of the Penn family, the proprietors of … Continue reading
Colonial Expansion
… And the Old Northwest Territory Introduction It is entirely possible that no one in the United States today knows who Jeffrey Amherst was. I’ll solve that problem right now: he was the man who, as commander-in-chief of British forces in … Continue reading
An Old Texas Fort
Age of Discovery Spain began its age of discovery and conquest with the voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492.[1] From that moment when Columbus accidentally stumbled into the American continent, Spanish explorers and conquistadors began building an empire so large that … Continue reading
Conflicting Loyalties
The Story of William Wells We aren’t quite sure when William was born. We think it was sometime in 1770 at a place called Jacob’s Creek in Pennsylvania; there is no record of his birth. He was the son of … Continue reading
Outlaws & Patriots
Early America and the Quest for Independence Introduction Seldom has there ever been a sense of “we” in Great Britain. National unity did manifest itself as a result of wars, but this has always been a fickle indicator because people … Continue reading
Searching History 