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Kitty Genovese In 1639, New College was renamed Harvard College after clergyman John Harvard. In 1677, Massachusetts gained title to Maine for $6,000 In 1776, smallpox weighed heavily on Washington’s mind. In his General Orders, he forbids officers or soldiers from entering Boston without permission, warning that the enemy has “with a malicious assiduity” spread smallpox throughout the town. He also threatens severe punishment for any American caught pillaging; Boston’s inhab

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Kitty Genovese In 1639, New College was renamed Harvard College after clergyman John Harvard. In 1677, Massachusetts gained title to Maine for $6,000 In 1776, smallpox weighed heavily on Washington’s mind. In his General Orders, he forbids officers or soldiers from entering Boston without permission, warning that the enemy has “with a malicious assiduity” spread smallpox throughout the town. He also threatens severe punishment for any American caught pillaging; Boston’s inhab

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"If mankind were to resolve to agree in no institution of government, until every part of it had been adjusted to the most exact standard of perfection, society would soon become a general scene of anarchy, and the world a desert." Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Paper No. 65

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St. Francis Dam In 1664, the 1st naturalization act was enacted in the American colonies. In 1664, New Jersey became an English colony. In 1755, the 1st steam engine in America was installed to pump water from a mine. In 1776, in Baltimore, Maryland , a public notice appeared in local papers recognizing the sacrifice of women to the cause of the revolution . The notice urged others to recognize women’s contributions and announced, “The necessity of taking all imaginable care

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1888 Blizzard In 1776, Washington prepared for movement. The army must be ready to march “the Instant occasion shall require,” and he urges officers and men to carry as little baggage as possible. He also begins forming what will become his Life Guard, ordering each regiment to send four tall, sober, “neat, and spruce” men to headquarters. From them, Washington will select the men responsible for guarding his person, quarters, papers, and baggage. In 1779, the U.S. Army Corp

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"In proportion as the United States assume a national form and a national character, so will the good of the whole be more and more an object of attention, and the government must be a weak one indeed, if it should forget that the good of the whole can only be promoted by advancing the good of each of the parts or members which compose the whole." John Jay, Federalist Paper No. 64

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Sam Steele - New Mexico State University In 1776, General Washington ordered the cannons firing on Boston to stop as the British began loading their transport ships for evacuation. In 1783, the last naval battle of the American Revolutionary War was fought near Cape Canaveral. The USS Alliance, a 36-gun sailing frigate, captained by John Barry, defeated the HMS Sybil by sailing directly for the Sybil. In 1785, Thomas Jefferson was appointed minister to France, succeeding Benj

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