The Satirical Genius of Benjamin Franklin’s 1774 Letter to Lord North
โA friend to military government.โ Thatโs not what weโd expect from one of the leading supporters of American independence, but thatโs just how Benjamin Franklin signed his โOpen Letter to Lord North.โ While many American colonists confronted arbitrary British power...
The Treaty of Paris: How the War for Independence Almost Didn’t End
Signed on Sept 3, 1783 – the Treaty of Paris has long been called the formal end to the War for Independence. But the war didn’t officially end on that date with the signatures of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and John Jay. The treaty, made with 13 free,...
Before Lexington and Concord: The British Gun Grab That Nearly Sparked the Revolution
Despite the fact that it proved to be mostly a false alarm, the โPowder Alarmโ of Sept 1-2, 1774 showed the colonists that the British were serious – and willing to use gun control efforts to subjugate them. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? In response,...