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Hace 5 días · "The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting presents a unique and unfiltered presentation of American History from colonial days to the present through annotated primary documents of journalists and reporters writing as events ... Combine these these terms with the event or person you are researching. (example: civil war diary)
Hace 4 días · The Spanish American wars of independence (Spanish: Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas) took place throughout Spanish America during the early 19th century, with the aim of political independence from Spanish rule. Struggles for sovereignty in both hemispheres began shortly after the outbreak of the Peninsular War as a front in the larger Napoleonic Wars, between royalists who favored ...
Hace 14 horas · Published: May 12, 2024 7:22am EDT. The recent agreement reached between the Haida Nation and the government of British Columbia — called the Gaayhllxid/Gíihlagalgang “Rising Tide” Haida ...
Hace 4 días · Sarah Osborn was a servant in a blacksmith's household when she met and married Aaron Osborn, a Revolutionary war veteran, in 1780. When he re-enlisted as a commissary sergeant without informing her, Sarah agreed to accompany him. Sarah traveled with the Continental Army to the southern colonies working as a washerwoman and cook.
Hace 5 días · October 3, 1788–November 15, 1836. Born in Yucatan in 1788, Lorenzo de Zavala dedicated much of his life to fighting oppression. That was certainly true when his former ally, Santa Anna, established a centralized regime suppressing Mexican Federalism. Zavala did the only thing he could to weaken the leader's iron grip: he helped bring about ...
Hace 3 días · The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America (in the engrossed version but also the original printing), is the founding document of the United States.On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress, who had convened at the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed ...
Hace 2 días · The Battle of Fort Bull, better to be called a massacre, took place in west Rome on March 27, 1756, during the French and Indian war (1756–1763). The Oneida Carry or the Great Carry must be ...
