British siege letters from courier off Jamestown and damage the Continental Congress’ efforts to end the siege on Boston and negotiate peace.

The lives of Jamestown Quakers, including Demaris Fowler and her family, were profoundly disrupted by the American Revolution.

Spinning wheels, clothing, livestock, religion and tea took on the political overtones of Patriots or Loyalists before the Revolution began.

Two Jamestown men named Hazard, one a wealthy college student and the other a slave, served as substitutes for Revolutionary War draftees.

Jamestown became a flashpoint in the war between the British and their rebellious colony 250 years ago. On June 15, 1775, merchant John Brown’s sloop, Katy, fired the first naval salvos of the revolutionary war from 4-pound cannons at a British naval vessel off the north end of the island, forcing it ashore.

Violations of civil rights took place in Jamestown Rhode Island and throughout the state during the 20th century including raids and deportations.

Jamestown 250 years ago, edged ever closer to an abyss as slaves and tea were prized before and during the Colonial revolution.

Indigenous people in Jamestown buried their loved ones with decorated quahog shells as long ago as 1400 BC, according to discoveries by archaeologist William Simmons.