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Today in 1781, the Battle of Yorktown concluded with a Franco-American triumph over the British, a decisive conclusion to the American War for Independence. In early 1781, the Franco-American high command began to lay plans for a decisive engagement against the...
Written as a patriotic rallying cry for a weary army, Thomas Paine published the first pamphlet of The American Crisis series on Dec. 19. 1776. Refuting British arguments for American surrender, rallying morale, and urging the Revolutionaries to push on, Paine’s...
