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Lottery Tickets Helped Fund America’s 13 Colonies

Lottery Tickets Helped Fund America’s 13 Colonies

By JustoPosted on May 11, 2026

Discover how early American lotteries funded the 13 colonies, built Harvard and Yale, saved Jamestown, and helped finance the Revolutionary War.

5 Founding Fathers Whose Finances Shaped the American Revolution

5 Founding Fathers Whose Finances Shaped the American Revolution

By JustoPosted on May 6, 2026

Discover how the personal fortunes of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Hancock, and others funded—and were ruined by—the American Revolution.

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