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Henry Highland Garnet In 1733, James Oglethorpe and 114 colonists founded the colony of Georgia. This was the 13th and last colony of the original States and was named in honor of King George II. In 1776, in his General Orders , Washington expresses astonishment that regimental officers have discharged men without authority. Washington warns that any colonel or commanding officer who repeats this will be arrested and tried. In 1776 , John Hancock , president of the Contine

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Henry Highland Garnet In 1733, James Oglethorpe and 114 colonists founded the colony of Georgia. This was the 13th and last colony of the original States and was named in honor of King George II. In 1776, in his General Orders , Washington expresses astonishment that regimental officers have discharged men without authority. Washington warns that any colonel or commanding officer who repeats this will be arrested and tried. In 1776 , John Hancock , president of the Contine

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Emma Goldman In 1753, Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, began admitting patients; it was cofounded by Benjamin Franklin . In 1766, the Stamp Act was declared unconstitutional in Virginia. In 1768, the Massachusetts Circular Letter of 1768, drafted by Samuel Adams, was sent by the Massachusetts House of Representatives to the other colonies' Houses of Assembly. In 1776, Washington rides out early from Cambridge to inspect the frozen heights sout

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"No political truth is certainly of greater intrinsic value, or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty, than that on which the objection is founded." James Madison, Federalist Paper No.47

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Vesta Stoudt In 1763, the French and Indian War officially ended. France lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain. France reclaimed Louisiana in 1800 before selling the territory to the United States in 1803. In 1776, the Patriot ship 'America' was captured on the Cape Fear River by two British ships stationed there, with credit going to HMS Cruizer, commanded by British Capt. Francis Parry. In 1776, Washington writes to Major General Charles Lee with sympath

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1824 Election In 1775, the British Parliament declared the Massachusetts Colony in rebellion In 1776, Washington wrote three letters to John Hancock , president of the Continental Congress. His letters circle a single anxiety: time. Short enlistments, he warns, have already cost America dearly, contributing to the death of Major General Richard Montgomery, and they threaten to undo the army outside Boston just as surely. In 1822, the American Indian Society was organized. I

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Henry Clay in the Senate In 1774, the special investigative commission reports to the English Privy Council that the Massachusetts petition calling for the dismissal of Governor Hutchinson and provincial secretary Andrew Oliver is based on false charges. In 1775, Benjamin Franklin published "An Imaginary Speech" in defense of American courage. At the time, Franklin was residing in London. In 1776, at Cambridge, Washington issued General Orders to steady his army. Guards an

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