theroadtotheamericanrevolution:

[March 5th, 1770]

The Boston Massacre is often referred to as a ‘street fight’ because that is almost exactly what it was. On March 5th, 1770, a

brawl broke out between a patriot group and British redcoats. Snowballs and punches were thrown and three people died. This

event did not largely shape America, but it did serve a special purpose. It helped to teach a lesson: the people of Boston were mad and they were not about to go down without a fight. Great Britain underestimated the power of simple colonists and thus that lead them to believe they were not a threat.

n-e-w-w-o-r-l-d:

Stamp Act.

n-e-w-w-o-r-l-d:

Minutemen: The Embattled Farmer 

aestatedomus:

Lafayette’s Oath of Allegiance

auntada:

Toward the end of the American Revolution, the British government encouraged African American slaves to leave their masters and join their fight against the colonial rebellion. An estimated 100,000 slaves, often whole families, deserted to the British side.

When the war ended, 3,000 African Americans were evacuated to British North America, where they settled in Nova Scotia. In 1783, the British government and the American government recorded each of these freedmen, whom they called Black Loyalists, in The Book of Negroes (there are two versions of the document).

Faced with mistreatment and limited opportunities in Canada, over 1,100 Black Loyalists migrated to Sierra Leone, where they created the Freetown Colony in 1791.

n-e-w-w-o-r-l-d:

Continental Army recruitment print.

(Source: skellyhands)

n-e-w-w-o-r-l-d:

This iconic 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier was entitled “The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor”; the phrase “Boston Tea Party” had not yet become standard.

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gunsandposes:

On March 15, 1781, these dudes fired their muskets at someone they didn’t particularly like.

joliive:

Samuel Adams (Taken with instagram)

(Source: jasonoliive)