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American Revolution and Revolutionary War

“Money I have none:” Colonial Rhode Island’s Tradition of Negotiating Their Taxes and the Coming of the American Revolution
11 years ago

“Money I have none:” Colonial Rhode Island’s Tradition of Negotiating Their Taxes and the Coming of the American Revolution

By  •  American Revolution and Revolutionary War, Colonial

In one of his oft-repeated observations, Benjamin Franklin remarked “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”[1] But Franklin would have exempted colonial Rhode …
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Silas Cooke’s War: the Sufferings of a Civilian on the Front Lines
11 years ago

Silas Cooke’s War: the Sufferings of a Civilian on the Front Lines

By  •  American Revolution and Revolutionary War

In any war, some of the people who suffer most are almost entirely overlooked by the subsequent histories: the people who happened to live where the fighting occurred or near …
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