The United States is the only country to win independence from the British in war.
Washington started his career with the British Army’s campaigns against the French and their Indian allies. The French, of course, became his allies, and as Simon Schama says, ‘Washington’s strategic brilliance and the French alliance...ultimately counted for more than raw patriotic ardour.
In the militarily occupied and economically depressed New York City of 1781, one young woman in five is a prostitute.
The American Revolution, usually remembered as a great war of liberation, actually cost the Native Americans about a third of their land
Washington started his career with the British Army’s campaigns against the French and their Indian allies. The French, of course, became his allies, and as Simon Schama says, ‘Washington’s strategic brilliance and the French alliance...ultimately counted for more than raw patriotic ardour.
In the militarily occupied and economically depressed New York City of 1781, one young woman in five is a prostitute.
The American Revolution, usually remembered as a great war of liberation, actually cost the Native Americans about a third of their land