Today's American Minute
Government enacted Intolerable Acts to coerce public into submission; Local communities pushed back with "resolves" led by Dr. Joseph Warren - American Minute with Bill Federer
for which many of our fathers fought, bled and died, and to hand them down entire to future generations ...
and that the inhabitants of those towns and districts ... do use their utmost diligence to acquaint themselves with the art of war as soon as possible, and do, for that purpose, appear under arms at least once every week."
Boston's Harbor Blockaded, Virginia's Day of Fasting, & the "shot heard round the world" - American Minute with Bill Federer
& the "shot heard round the world" Boston's Harbor Blockaded Virginia's Day of Fasting
These Acts ruined Boston's economy, causing stores to close and putting thousands out of work.
This was similar to modern-day Big Tech censorship, Internet deplatforming, shadow-banning, and canceling.
Henry Knox moved cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester Heights in "one of the most stupendous feats of logistics" - American Minute with Bill Federer
For nearly 20 years, Henry and Lucy did not have a home of their own, living in military encampments and army bases. In the midst of the Revolution, Knox wrote to his wife, Lucy: "We want great men, who when fortune frowns will not be discouraged. God will I trust in time give us these men."
Battle of Monogahela & The Courage of a Young Colonel "Washington was never born to be killed by a bullet!" - American Minute with Bill Federer
Battle of Monongahela, George Washington wrote from Fort Cumberland to his younger brother, John Augustine Washington, July 18, 1755: "As I have heard, since my arrival at this place, a circumstantial account of my death and dying speech, I take this early opportunity of contradicting the first, and of assuring you, that I have not as yet composed the latter.
French & Indian War - the First Global War - American Minute with Bill Federer
& the Boston Massacre British Quartering Indian Massacres
The web of alliances that Britain and France had with other countries entangled much of the world in war. Britain's allies included Prussia, Hanover, Hesse, Brunswick, Schaumberg, Portugal, and Iroquois. France's allies included Austria, Russia, Sweden, Saxony, Spain and India's Mughal Empire. It is considered to be the first "world" war.