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In 1755, almost 10,000 French settlers were expelled from the Acadia area of Canada because they refused to take an oath of allegiance to the British government.

Applying for American citizenship requires renunciation of a prior citizenship, but US dual citizenship is recognized and legal. How is this possible?

Lord Baltimore is told by the Virginia council that to be allowed to stay he must take an oath of supremacy, but refuses.

After serving England's Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh and Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Radelmüller moves to Canada.

George Calvert, the first Lord of Baltimore, visits Newfoundland then visits Jamestown, Virginia. He tangles with the secretary of the Virginia council William Claiborne.

The National Archives has partnered with a Florida teacher to produce an online lesson plan featuring documents and images for teaching about the Revolutionary War.

Richard Saltonstall sponsored a group of settlers headed by master carpenter Francis Stiles .They sailed from London 16 Mar 1635 on the Christian, arriving in June.

Glencoe, in the Highlands of Scotland, is best known for two things, its stunning scenery and the brutal events of 1692.

In order to be eligible to stand in a British general election, potential candidates must satisfy a number of criteria.

The text of Lincoln's December 1863 Proclamation of Amnesty & Reconstruction represents a detailed plan of Presidential Reconstruction to swiftly readmit Southern states.

In the American Civil War one of the worst insurgent conflicts of modern history was fought between Confederate Partisan Rangers and Union Redlegs

Two soldiers apparently killed John Paul Radelmüller on a January night in 1815, but they were never convicted, and the circumstances of the murder were never revealed.

After the failure of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 Prince Charles Edward Stuart went on the run.

Not much is known about the Free India Legion recruited by Subhas Chandra Bose in Nazi Germany and Japan to fight for the cause of independent India in World War II.

A North Carolina Forsyth County elementary school comes under attack for including the recitation of the Pledge in Spanish as part of Hispanic Awareness Month.

Challenging Abraham Lincoln's reconstruction policies, the Wade-Davis bill sought to severely limit political participation by rebellious Southern white males.

Was J.P. Radelmüller murdered on the 13th step of the Gibraltar Point lighthouse? No one may ever know how he died, but his life was fascinating.

US citizenship is obtained by birth or by naturalization; the naturalization process is complicated so it is wise to know the facts before becoming a citizen of the USA.

A concise study of the career of Jasper Tudor, uncle to King Henry VII and Earl of Pembroke.

Americans captured during the Revolutionary War were subjected to a policy of starvation and neglect designed to compel their enlistment in British forces or death.