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Jun 4, 2024 · The initial fighting in the war was a local action between Britain and her recalcitrant colony of Massachusetts. The government had clamped down in reaction to the colony's resistance to the Mother Country's economic policies. For a year a British army under Gen. Thomas Gage had occupied Boston.
3 days ago · Paying for a large overseas military effort led to changes in the English economy. In 1694, the Bank of England was formed to help finance William's war. The Bank’s shareholders lent money to the Government at interest - the beginning of the National Debt.
1 day ago · The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States declared war on Britain on 18 June 1812.
Jun 9, 2024 · The Battle of Brandy Station began and ended on the same day, June 9, 1863. The Civil War battle lasted 14 hours, and fighting occurred near the town of Brandy Station, Virginia.
Jun 16, 2024 · During that brief battle, 3 men were killed, 3 were wounded, 2 ran away, and one fought but was unharmed. The gunfight was not widely known until two years after Wyatt Earp's death, when Stuart Lake published his 1931 Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal.
6 days ago · Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775), first major battle of the American Revolution, fought in Charlestown (now part of Boston) during the Siege of Boston. Although the British eventually won the battle, it was a Pyrrhic victory that lent considerable encouragement to the revolutionary cause.
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2 days ago · The Battle of Gettysburg (locally / ˈ ɡ ɛ t ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / ⓘ) was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
