The American Revolution Facts

The Quartering Act of 1774 enabled the governor of Massachusetts to commandeer housing for British officers and soldiers, but it never actually stated that soldiers could commandeer private homes....

"[The passage of the Sugar Act] set people a thinking, in six months, more than they had done in their whole lives before." "96. The people of North America, at this time, expect a revisal and refo...

British national debt in 1755: £72,289,673 British national debt in 1763: £122,603,336 British national debt in 1764: £129,586,789 (this was money that the British government borrowe...

Daughters of Liberty The women who wove "homespun" clothing for themselves and their families during the colonial boycotts of British goods in 1765 and thereafter. foppery, fopperies, foppish, fop...