William Dawes: The Forgotten Midnight Rider
William Dawes was a tanner and a patriot who lived in Boston, Massachusetts, during the American Revolution. William Dawes was one of the riders sent by Dr. Joseph Warren to… Read more »
Category: Revolutionary Era
The Siege of Boston
The Siege of Boston took place in Boston during the Revolutionary War. The siege was the beginning phase of the Revolutionary War, during which American militiamen surrounded and trapped the… Read more »
Prudence Cummings Wright & Leonard Whiting’s Guard
Prudence Cummings Wright was a woman who lived in Pepperell, Massachusetts, and fought in the Revolutionary War. Wright, who was 35 years old and a mother of six children, recruited… Read more »
The Poetry of Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley was a slave and a world-renowned poet from Massachusetts during the American Revolution. Wheatley, who lived in Boston, became the first African-American to publish a book. Born in… Read more »
The Roles of Women in the Revolutionary War
Women took on many roles in the Revolutionary War. Some of these roles were traditional, while others were unconventional and even scandalous for the time. From supportive jobs like nurses,… Read more »