How Benjamin Franklin’s Paris diplomacy won France’s backing for the Revolution, split the Haudenosaunee, and ended in a 1783 peace made without Native nations.
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The Patriot Financier Who Bankrolled the Revolutionary War
Robert Morris bankrolled the American Revolution, then wagered on Seneca homelands. How revolutionary finance and Native dispossession became one story.
Thomas Paine: Quotes, Summary & Common Sense
How Thomas Paine’s Common Sense shaped—and was shaped by—a continent of Native nations: the Proclamation of 1763, Haudenosaunee diplomacy, and Siwanoy land.
How Patrick Henry’s ‘Liberty or Death’ Speech Inspired Revolution
Patrick Henry’s 1775 ‘Liberty or Death’ speech rallied Virginia — while Native nations watched a revolution that would decide the fate of their homelands.