Making of America
On this day in 1783, the first United Empire Loyalists, known to American Patriots as Tories, arrive in Canada to take refuge under the...
Making of America
On this day in 1769, George Washington launches a legislative salvo at Great Britain’s fiscal and judicial attempts to maintain its...
Making of America
On this day in 1777, British-born Georgia Patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence Button Gwinnett receives a bullet wound...
Making of America
On this day in 1781, a 352-man-strong Loyalist force commanded by Major Andrew Maxwell surrenders a fortified frame building, named Fort...
Making of America
On this day in 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention begin to assemble in Philadelphia to confront a daunting task: the...
Making of America
Connecticut land speculator, politician, jurist and Patriot Eliphalet Dyer dies on this day in 1807. Born in Windham, Connecticut, in...
Making of America
After a siege that began on April 2, 1780, Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day in 1780, with the...
Making of America
On this day in 1776, in a letter addressed to the president of Congress, American General George Washington recommends raising companies...
Making of America
On this day in 1775, Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold lead a successful attack on Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York, while the Second...
Making of America
On this day in 1791, Francis Hopkinson, signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first American secular composer, dies suddenly...
