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King George III: The Abdication that Never Happened

King George III: The Abdication that Never Happened

by David Tollen | Aug 7, 2020 | The Early Modern Age

George III was Britain’s king during the American Revolution. The Declaration of Independence called him, “A Prince whose character is … marked by every act which may define a Tyrant.” But recent research has revealed a surprise about the king — one...
This Week in History: the Ashmolean Museum

This Week in History: the Ashmolean Museum

by David Tollen | May 29, 2020 | The Early Modern Age, The Recent Modern Age

This week in 1683, the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology opened in Oxford. It was the world’s first university museum and was named after Elias Ashmole, who in 1677 had given Oxford University what became the museum’s first collection. Construction also...
This week in history: Captain Cook

This week in history: Captain Cook

by David Tollen | Jan 16, 2020 | The Early Modern Age, Geography

This week in history, the United Kingdom’s Captain James Cook celebrated two accomplishments. In 1773, he led the first known expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle. Cook and his crew were trying to find an imagined continent called Terra Australis – or to...

This week in history: The Boston Tea Party

by David Tollen | Dec 17, 2019 | The Early Modern Age

“Americans throwing the cargoes of the Tea Ships into the River at Boston” from The History of North America by W.D. Cooper published in 1789 This week in 1773, the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Native Americans, boarded British ships in Boston...
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