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Years That Changed History: 1776

Summary

Many legends, untruths, and hoaxes surround the Revolution, both at the time and later, which skew our understanding of the events. Look into a range of these fabrications, from the legend of Betsy Ross’s creation of the American flag to a hoax deliberately perpetrated by Benjamin Franklin, with a political intent. Learn how historians uncover and respond to historical untruths.

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