Colonial Wars
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Royal Mounted Marines of the 1800s
The British Royal Navy used mounted marines in expeditionary warfare off and on in the 19th century. more...
The Turtle First Combat Submarine
Designed by David Bushnell, the American Turtle submarine of the Revolutionary War is emulated today as a historic and groundbreaking craft. more...
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Cannon Blasts Signal Living History Lessons
By: Annette Mardis
Perched at the edge of the once New World, St. Augustine's Castillo de San Marcos lets visitors see and imagine centuries-old scenes within and around its scarred walls. more...
The Spanish Empire was pushed forward and brought to its initial scale and power, not by armies of the State, but by freelance Conquistadors. more...
Buccaneers were the second generation of fringe participants in the colonial economy. After buccaneers came the true, classic form of piracy we remember best today. more...
By: Megan Winkler
Baron von Steuben trained soldiers at Valley Forge during the American Revolution and enacted important regulations for the training and maintaining of the American Army. more...
Buccaneers of the 17th Century Caribbean
Pirates, in the Elizabethan Era, had been profitable and glamorous people. However, that changed with the change in rulers. more...
When the Spanish Empire seized the riches of the Americas, their rivals in Europe resented this, and made bids to claim some of the riches themselves. more...
When learning the history of the Spanish Conquest of the Americas, one hears of Cortez overthrowing Aztec Emperor Montezuma and Pizarro the Sapa-Inca Atahualpa. more...
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