Making of America
Hoping to keep the New England colonies dependent on the British, King George III formally endorses the New England Restraining Act on...
Making of America
On this day in 1776, General George Washington appoints Major General Israel Putnam commander of the troops in New York. In his new...
Making of America
Upset by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property by American colonists, the British Parliament...
Making of America
Future President Thomas Jefferson is elected to the second Continental Congress on this day in 1775. Jefferson, a Virginia delegate,...
Making of America
The Provincial Congress of South Carolina approves a new constitution and government on this day in 1776. The legislature renames itself...
Making of America
On this day in 1774, British Parliament passes the Boston Port Act, closing the port of Boston and demanding that the city’s residents...
Making of America
On this day in 1765, Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find...
Making of America
During a speech before the second Virginia Convention, Patrick Henry responds to the increasingly oppressive British rule over the...
Making of America
In an effort to raise funds to pay off debts and defend the vast new American territories won from the French in the Seven Years’ War...
Making of America
On March 21, 1778, just three days after British Loyalists and Hessian mercenary forces assault the local New Jersey militia at Quinton’s...
