While the reigns of George I and II had been marked by a royal detachment from the administration of American ... The Revolutionary War lasted nearly eight years, largely because King George ...

This Saturday, April 19, marks 250 years since the start of the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts. Here's how it started.

The irony of the moment does not escape Revolutionary War reenactor Justin Murray, a 33-year-old eighth grade civics teacher ...

Ten years after the surrender of George III’s army to ... And the king’s word was surely a bond. In return for their loyal service in the late American war, they were to be granted two gifts ...

Richard Higgins, a former Globe reporter, is author of “Thoreau’s God” and “Thoreau and the Language of Trees.” On April 19, ...

George III, king of ... The revolutionary crisis had a number of roots, but most of them arose out of changes in the management of the relationship between the American Colonies and the imperial ...

Most of us haven’t spent much time thinking about tariffs since learning about the Revolutionary ... government revenue. King George III imposed tariffs on the American colonies because his ...

Although all the delegates recognized that America was at war, not all ... which asked King George III for changes in governance, but did not threaten to end American allegiance.