1

Lady Harriet’s Errand

By General John Burgoyne

On the evening of October 7th, 1777, as fighting on Bemis Heights subsided, Harriet Acland came to General Burgoyne with a startling request.

2

English Spirit

By Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke told the House of Commons that the American colonies’ refusal to be dictated to by Westminster was the very spirit that had made the Empire great.

3

A Declaration of Independence

By Thomas Jefferson

On July 4th, 1776, a group of American colonists gathered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to present delegates of the Thirteen Colonies with a historic document.

4

The American Revolutionary War

By Clay Lane

In 1775, London’s high-handed exploitation of her colonies for tax revenue began to look like a very expensive mistake.

5

The Tale of Rip van Winkle

Based on the short story by Washington Irving

A hen-pecked, ne’er-do-well farmer from New York took off into the Catskill Mountains, and fell in with some very odd company.

6

The Battle of Flamborough Head

By Clay Lane

When captain Richard Pearson of the Royal Navy surrendered to American revolutionary John Paul Jones, Jones naturally assumed that meant he had won.