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Commentary: War for independence was 'the people's war'

Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” may have persuaded the American colonists of the need for independence, but it is one thing to favor independence and quite another to pick up arms to obtain it. We tend ...
John Sevier hated Andrew Jackson’s guts. The feeling was definitely mutual. While they could pull off being cordial allies, ...