Making of America
Samuel Mason, a Patriot captain in command of Fort Henry on the Ohio frontier, survives a devastating Indian attack on this day in 1777....
Making of America
On this day in 1776, General George Washington gives the New York Convention three reasons for the American retreat from Long Island....
Making of America
On this day in 1779, at what is modern-day Elmira, New York, near the state’s southwestern border with Pennsylvania, Continental forces...
Making of America
On this day in 1774, Elizabeth Ann Bayley is born in New York City. She went on to found the first Catholic school and the first female...
Making of America
British forces under General William Howe and his brother, Admiral Richard viscount Howe, defeat Patriot forces under General George...
Making of America
Falsely confident that the British would not attack New York’s Manhattan Island, General George Washington pours additional...
Making of America
Influential political philosopher David Hume dies in Edinburgh, Scotland, on this day in 1776. Although Hume died when the American...
Making of America
On this day in 1776, American General Charles Lee informs Congress that Georgia was more valuable than he had originally suspected. Lee...
Making of America
On this day in 1784, four counties in western North Carolina declare their independence as the state of Franklin. The counties lay in...
Making of America
On this day in 1776, the British arrive at Long Island, between Gravesend and New Utrecht, with “near twenty four thousand men ready to...
