In June 1776, Thomas Hickey of Washington’s Life Guard was hanged for treason. Explore the plot—and the Native alliances that shaped the Revolution.
Tag: Proclamation of 1763 Native land
Did North Carolina Issue the First Declaration of Independence?
Did North Carolina declare independence first? Inside the Mecklenburg Declaration controversy, the real Mecklenburg Resolves, and Native nations in 1775.
Boston Tea Party
How the Boston Tea Party of 1773 set off a continental revolution — and why Native nations entered the fight as sovereign powers defending their homelands.