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Hace 3 días · In 1775, political and economic concerns led the inhabitants of Britain’s 13 American colonies to rise up in revolt. The subsequent conflict divided families and communities across North America.
Hace 4 días · Three soldiers died in a drone strike on a U.S. base in Jordan in January 2024. Fact Check: Biden claimed during the June 27 presidential debate that he’s “the only president this century that doesn’t have any this — this decade, any troops dying anywhere in the world…”. “And the military, you know, when he was president, they ...
Hace 5 días · Thirteen U.S. troops were killed on Aug. 26, 2021, in a bombing in Kabul that left approximately 170 people dead in total. The troops had been conducting an emergency evacuation operation to help ...
Hace 3 días · Under siege. Following the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the outbreak of revolt across New England, the American rebels laid siege to Boston. The British position was fairly secure once reinforcements arrived at the end of May 1775.
Hace 3 días · She described her actions during and after the Civil War, and used the sacrifices of countless women throughout modern history as evidence of women's equality to men. When the National Federation of Afro-American Women was founded in 1896, Tubman was the keynote speaker at its first meeting.
Hace 1 día · Learn about the major events of the Revolutionary War (1775–83), which won 13 American colonies their political independence from Great Britain. (more) See all videos for this article. Discover the truth about the Hessians, the German mercenary soldiers who assisted the British during the American Revolutionary War.
Hace 1 día · The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Grievances against the imperial government led the 13 colonies to begin uniting in 1774, and expelling British officials by 1775.
