How a tiny island and a small minority helped America win its freedom

There weren't many Jewish people in Colonial America. But when it was time to choose sides, they helped a new nation fight ...
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Barter, Media of Exchange, and Colonial America

Despite the claims of the chartalists and modern monetary theory advocates, early American monetary history tells a much different story. In fact, much of the ...
The Christian Science Monitor

These cattle and horses helped power Colonial America. The breeds are still thriving.

Meet Moose the Cleveland Bay horse and Ozzy the Leicester Longwool sheep, exactly the kinds of animals that one would find on ...
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Taverns program brings colonial life to Bethel April 19

Bethel Historical Society will host “Taverns - Life In Colonial America” on Sunday, April 19, 2026, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at ...
American Rifleman

American Fowlers: The Colonial Longarm for Hunting & Home Defense

In colonial America, it was firearms from other countries that armed soldiers, but for most of the civilian populace, American-made fowlers fit the bill.
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Archaeologists at Mount Vernon discovered a window into the diet and food preserving methods of colonial America.

In the summer of 2023, archaeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate in Virginia made an extraordinary discovery: 18th-century glass jars buried in an old cellar. Even more remarkable, the ...
The County

Wintergreen to show colonial and American Revolution-themed art

Wintergreen Arts Center is featuring a variety of artists in April for the 250th anniversary of the independence of the ...
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Children in colonial America / edited by James Marten ; with a foreword by Philip J. Greven

Part I. Race and colonization. 1. Indian children in early Mexico / Dorothy Tanck de Estrada -- 2. Colonizing childhood: religion, gender, and Indian children in southern New England, 1600-1720 / R.
The Virginian-Pilot

Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown bring America’s history to life. Here’s how they do it.

WILLIAMSBURG — At just 4 years old, Ethan Rose is already something of a budding history enthusiast. Last year, the preschooler from Washington, D.C., had an archaeology phase, and right now, his ...
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Indian slavery in colonial America / edited and with an introduction by Alan Gallay

Introduction : Indian slavery in historical context / Alan Gallay -- Indian slavery in colonial New England / Margaret Ellen Newell -- "They shalbe slaves for their lives" : Indian slavery in colonial ...

Colonial Williamsburg welcomes new lambs to its rare breeds livestock herd

The newborns are part of Colonial Williamsburg’s Rare Breeds program, which works to preserve species of livestock that lived ...