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In the Treaty of Paris France ceded Canada to Britain and the Louisiana Territory, including New Orleans, to Spain. Spain gave up its claim to Florida. Shortly after the Treaty, King George issued a ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNHow a Relentless, 484-Mile March From Virginia to Massachusetts Fueled the Legend of the Dashing Frontier RiflemanIn the early months of the American Revolution, Daniel Morgan and his soldiers raced north to join the Continental Army ...
Years later, he wrote that his life was in as “much jeopardy as it ever had been before or since.” Washington was pursuing a ...
As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military veterans are helping archaeologists excavate the location.
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNArchaeologists Discover Site Where George Washington Stopped a Friendly Fire Incident by Blocking Muskets With His SwordIn 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish in Pennsylvania ...
To the future President’s credit, Arkeonews wrote that “Washington, realizing the error, risked his life by galloping through ...
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