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Visitors to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation attend a program with Nation Builder Martha Washington, portrayed by Katharine Pittman.

Colonial women fought the British economically

by Brandy Centolanza February 13, 2024February 8, 2024

Men got the political attention but women, both free and enslaved, did the hard work of boycotting British goods and producing their own.

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Dispatch from 1765: Stamp Act protest prompts House speaker to accuse new legislator Patrick Henry of treason

by Dwayne Yancey February 13, 2024October 13, 2024

The newly elected Henry took advantage of light attendance to get the House of Burgesses on record against the Stamp Act.

"Portrait of a Black Sailor," circa 1800 by an unidentified artist. Public domain.

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One enslaved naval officer won his freedom after fighting in the ‘War for Independence’

by Randy Walker January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

Enslaved Virginians served in the state’s tiny navy. Many won their freedom.

Woody Holton. Photograph by Tony MacLawhorn/Courtesy of Simon & Schuster.

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Woody Holton’s revolutionary life and history

by Ralph Berrier Jr. January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

The Roanoke-born son of the former governor is now a historian and prize-winning author of books about the American Revolution.

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Dispatch from 1765: Augusta County mob murders Cherokees, defies royal authorities

by Dwayne Yancey January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

The slaughter, and the subsequent uprising against the colonial officials who tried to punish the killers, reflects how unpopular the king’s prohibition against western settlement is in Virginia.

The Peter Muhlenberg statue in Woodstock, Photo by Randy Walker.

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‘A time to pray and a time to fight’

by Randy Walker December 12, 2023December 13, 2023

One of the most stirring speeches of the revolution was given in Woodstock, and might have been delivered in German. That is, if it happened at all.

The Historic Foodways staff work in the Governor’s Palace Kitchen. Pictured (from left) are: Master Frank Clark, Apprentice Dominek Marsh, Apprentice Abbey Shoaf and Journeywoman Barbara Scherer. Photo by Brendan Sostak. Courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg.

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Colonial Virginia was divided in many ways. Food was the great uniter.

by Ben Swenson December 12, 2023December 12, 2023

Colonists relied on a lot of Native American methods for preparing food.

Patrick Henry arguing the "Parson's Cause" by George Cooke, circa 1834. Public domain. Original in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society.

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Dispatch from 1763: Despite cries of ‘treason!’ Hanover County jury delivers rebuke to the church — and the crown

by Dwayne Yancey December 12, 2023December 11, 2023

A young attorney named Patrick Henry has burst onto the scene in a dramatic way by suggesting that King George III might be a tyrant.

The town of Blacksburg marks the Proclamation Line of 1763 and the Eastern Continental Divide with this sign at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and South Main Street and blue line painted across South Main. Town of Blacksburg photo.

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Proclamation Line of 1763 became a focus of anti-British resentment in Virginia

by Randy Walker November 14, 2023November 14, 2023

After the French and Indian War, King George III drew a line along the Appalachians and forbade settlement west of that. This became one of the sparks that lit the fuse for American independence.

Where the British and Spanish gained territory after the Seven Years' War, the North American part of which was called the French and Indian War. Courtesy of AlexiusHoratius.

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Dispatch from 1763: King’s proclamation has united often opposing factions in Virginia

by Dwayne Yancey November 14, 2023November 14, 2023

Here’s what political commentary on the Proclamation of 1763 might have sounded like.

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