The Storming of Stony Point
American Independence

The Storming of Stony Point

On the evening of July 16, 1779, a select group of George Washington's Continental Army, led by Brigadier General "Mad Anthony" Wayne, decisively defeated British troops at an outpost in Stony Point, New York during the Revolutionary War.

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Samuel Adams & The Boston Tea Party
American Independence

Samuel Adams & The Boston Tea Party

In 1767, Parliament levied new taxes, in part to pay for maintaining an English army in America. The colonists, believing the King would use this army to compel them to do as he willed, rebelled by throwing the taxed-tea into the Boston Harbor.

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Patrick Henry & the Stamp Act
American Independence

Patrick Henry & the Stamp Act

The great orator and Founding Father, Patrick Henry, is best remembered for his "If this be treason, make the most of it" speech against the Stamp Act in 1765, and for his famous words "...give me liberty, or give me death" in support of the American Revolution.

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Francis Marion: The "Swamp Fox"
American Independence

Francis Marion: The "Swamp Fox"

Considered one of the modern fathers of guerrilla warfare, Francis Marion, aka the "Swamp Fox", bested the British throughout South Carolina during the American Revolution.

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