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Tango01  | 22 Jun 2026 1:40 p.m. PST |
…California to the American Revolution
"FOR MANY, thoughts of the American Revolution swiftly turn to famous patriots such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. In addition, some look back on the iconic moments that have been memorialized as part of the national identity. These include the stories of redcoats and minutemen firing the first shots at Lexington and Concord in 1775, the gathering of delegates to vote for independence in July of 1776, and Washington's major victory at the Battle of Yorktown in 1780.
With such colorful events, little attention is given to remote regions of the Americas that nonetheless played small roles in the conflict, particularly California. Although a part of the Spanish Empire at the time, it was hardly untouched by the contest unfolding on the opposite end of the continent…"
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