Article: Fleet battle and blockade; the French Revolutionary War 1793-1797. (reprint, 1996).(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Political suppression or revenue raising? Taxing newspapers ...
Accounting Historians Journal;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Abstract: In 1797 the Prime Minister of Great Britain announced a substantial increase in the stamp duty on newspapers. This increase, and indeed the tax itself, has been variously represented as an attack on press freedom and an act of suppression of the working classes. This paper reconsiders

Article: OUR FRENCH CONNECTIONS ARE LEGION FROM ARCHITECTURE TO ...
The Boston Globe;  December 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Lafayette Day- which is May 20- she was joined by Count Gilbert de Pusy Lafayette, a direct descendant of the French Revolutionary General Marquis de Lafayette, an ally of the Colonists who aided them in their battle for liberty. The count ...

Article: Rep. Holt Introduces Revolutionary War, War of 1812 ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... New Jersey, has introduced the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection ... battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812." The bill ... text of the legislation follows:Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection ...

Article: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RELEASES REPORT TO CONGRESS ON PRESERVATION ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... s two wars for Independence, the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. The Revolutionary War, fought from 1775 to 1784, to gain ... As the 225th Anniversary of the Revolutionary War approached in 2000, members of the ...

Article: Revolutionary War patriot is honored in Batavia
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  July 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Revolutionary War patriot Pvt. John Gowdy received ... Gowdy was a soldier in America's Revolutionary War. In honor of their newly discovered ... pension papers, that Gowdy was a Revolutionary War veteran. "We didn't know he ...

Article: STATE TOUTS ITS REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERITAGE
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  January 2, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... People still care about the American Revolutionary War, they just don't know how to find ... Trenton, N.J. Patterson said Revolutionary War battlefields and other historic sites ... media trip to raise awareness of Revolutionary War sites in New Jersey, a state that ...

Article: Rep. Holt Introduces Revolutionary War and War of ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... New Jersey, has introduced the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection ... battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812." The bill ... text of the legislation follows:Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection ...