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Nicholas Cooke, RI Governor In 1635, the Boston Grammar School (later the Boston Latin School), open to all boys regardless of social class, was founded as the first public school in what would become the United States; it set a precedent for tax-supported public education. In 1775, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress voted to raise a volunteer force of 13,600 men. In 1776, South Carolina Indicts the King for Actions Against the Colonies. In 1776, in a letter to John Hancoc

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Nicholas Cooke, RI Governor In 1635, the Boston Grammar School (later the Boston Latin School), open to all boys regardless of social class, was founded as the first public school in what would become the United States; it set a precedent for tax-supported public education. In 1775, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress voted to raise a volunteer force of 13,600 men. In 1776, South Carolina Indicts the King for Actions Against the Colonies. In 1776, in a letter to John Hancoc

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More of a morbid fact of the day, but James Wilson, a Pennsylvania Signer of the Declaration of Independence, died in 1789 after being thrown in a debtor's prison twice, once while he was a Supreme Court Justice. He was buried in an unmarked grave to prevent creditors from trying to claim the body, thereby forcing the family to pay off his debts to get his body returned. Creditors would often do this to be repaid the money they were owed.

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"The happiness of civil society depends not merely upon their constitution of government but upon a variety of circumstances. One constitution may suit one particular nation exceedingly well; when a different one would suit another nation in different circumstances. Even among the American states there is such a difference in sentiments, habits, and customs that a government which would be very suitable for one might not be agreeable to another." Samuel Huntington, CT Signer

Plimouth Plantation

Plimouth Plantation Several years ago, I took my daughter to visit Plimouth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the experience was amazing. Some background information on this wonderful attraction. The Plantation is the brainchild of Henry Hornblower, who started the museum with two English cottages, along with a fort on Plymouth's waterfront. This was his boyhood dream - telling the story of the Pilgrims and how they lived. Since then, the museum has grown to includ

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George Taylor was the only former indentured servant to sign the Declaration of Independence. He had been indentured to Samuel Savage Jr., an iron master at Coventry Forge near Philadelphia. Savage had paid for Taylor’s passage to America.

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Pat Tillman In 1526, the first slave revolt in North America occurred at San Miguel de Gualdape, a Spanish settlement now part of South Carolina. In 1692, Edward Bishop was jailed for proposing flogging as a cure for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1776, Washington’s mind is fixed on discipline. He issues orders directing that prisoners awaiting general courts-martial be sent to the provost marshal, while lesser offenders remain under regimental guard. Meanwhile, the c

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