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A portrait of Benjamin Franklin. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

The Treaty of Paris 1783: how to negotiate an exit

Jackie Weaver and Elizabeth I

History hero Jackie Weaver chooses Elizabeth I

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Why we should remember The launch of the swimsuit that scandalised the world

A 1779 cartoon showing the United States as a horse, unseating its rider, George III

Q&A Did George III read the American Declaration of Independence?

The sinking of the Gloucester as depicted in a c1682 painting

Why the Gloucester might be the most important shipwreck since the Mary Rose

The Spanish flee Tenochtitlan under fierce fire during La Noche Triste.

Why we should remember… When Spanish conquistadors were forced to flee the Aztec capital

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