Quick and Dirty History

The Bill of Rights 36 21.08.2020 9:38 ↓

An oh so quick and dirty synopsis of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

The Constitution 35 13.08.2020 8:29 ↓

Our founding fathers got the pens and pencils, and got down to business!  Learn how the great American Constitution came to be.

Shays’ Rebellion 34 22.07.2020 5:49 ↓

Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists, and rumblings in the new republic.

WTF do we do next? 33 15.07.2020 5:31 ↓

WTF do we do?  We’ve won a war for independence…now what?

This Land Is Your Land…It’s Now My Land 32 08.07.2020 4:23 ↓

Native Americans come out of the American Revolution with the shortest straw, and America throws another skeleton in their closet.

Black Lives Always Matter 31 02.06.2020 6:50 ↓

African Americans have been a central part of America since before its conception, and always will be.  We wouldn’t have an America without African Americans!

Nothing Makes an Englishman $#!% Faster than the Sight of George Washington 30 22.05.2020 5:55 ↓

The Treaty of Paris officially ends the war…and nothing will make an Englishman $#!% faster than the sight of George Washington.

Rock, Paper, Scissors…and the British Surrender at Yorktown! 29 14.05.2020 5:06 ↓

The British get nailed.

Headed South! 28 05.05.2020 4:41 ↓

The British take the war to the South!

That Dirty Rotten Scoundrel, Benedict Arnold 27 15.04.2020 5:10 ↓

Treason!

Valley Forge 26 31.03.2020 5:10 ↓

Quick and Dirty History is back baby!  Americans have always dealt with hardship.  As the world keeps turning, all we can do is move forward.  Whether it’s COVID-19 or Valley Forge, we must remain united.  Remember, things have been tough in the past too.  The story of Valley Forge begins now!

The Battles of Saratoga 25 02.07.2019 3:59 ↓

The tides of war are about to change!

The Articles of Confederation 24 22.06.2019 3:40 ↓

“We must indeed all hang together…or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”  -Benjamin Franklin

The Marquis de Lafayette 23 09.02.2019 3:45 ↓

France comes bearing gifts for the Patriots!

Battle of Princeton 22 29.01.2019 3:15 ↓

That one time Alexander Hamilton blew up Princeton College!

The Widowmakers 21 21.01.2019 3:24 ↓

The American army rewrites the rules of warfare!

Crossing the Delaware River 20 13.01.2019 3:59 ↓

The Germans get coal for Christmas…

Great Fire of New York 19 05.01.2019 3:05 ↓

Burn baby burn!

California and the Spanish 18 01.12.2018 2:08 ↓

Spain is on a “mission” of faith!

British Prison Ships 17 04.09.2018 2:51 ↓

Prisoners of war

Battle of Long Island 16 09.08.2018 2:36 ↓

The sneaky retreat!

The Declaration of Independence 15 19.05.2018 2:56 ↓

The United States of America is born.

Women and Revolution 14 30.04.2018 1:55 ↓

Women are a critical part of the military in 1776!  Hello ladies!

Common Sense 13 21.04.2018 2:32 ↓

Thomas Paine releases his pro-independence pamphlet, Common Sense.

Washington Assumes Command 12 14.04.2018 2:17 ↓

George Washington gets in the game!