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In 1761, James Otis voiced opposition to English colonial rule in a speech before the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. In 1776, Washington authorize d regimental commanders to apply for $500 warrants to send trusted officers into the countryside to purchase arms. Only sound muskets, preferably “Kings Musquets” with bayonets, are acceptable. Washington warns officers not to compete with Massachusetts county committees, whose parallel buying could inflate prices. In 1803, Marb

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In 1761, James Otis voiced opposition to English colonial rule in a speech before the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. In 1776, Washington authorize d regimental commanders to apply for $500 warrants to send trusted officers into the countryside to purchase arms. Only sound muskets, preferably “Kings Musquets” with bayonets, are acceptable. Washington warns officers not to compete with Massachusetts county committees, whose parallel buying could inflate prices. In 1803, Marb

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"No man can be a competent legislator, who does not add to an upright intention and a sound judgment, a certain degree of knowledge of the subjects on which he is to legislate." James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 53

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Nicolas Cooke In 1776, Washington writes to Nicholas Cooke, the governor of Rhode Island, introducing Frederick William, Baron de Woedtke, a Prussian-born former officer who has been driven ashore by bad weather on Cape Cod. Woedtke is traveling from St. Domingo to Philadelphia with the specific purpose of offering his military service to the American cause and delivering letters of introduction to several members of Congress. Washington urges Cooke to extend hospitality an

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"Frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy, by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured." James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 52

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First Lady "Lemonade" Lucy Hayes In 1630, Indians introduced pilgrims to popcorn at Thanksgiving. In 1732, President George Washington was born. In 1776, on his 44th birthday, from headquarters at Cambridge, Washington studies returns, orders discipline , and waits on news from distant fronts. Additionally. Brigadier General William Heath writes to explain that several chaplains have been appointed only on a temporary basis. Uncertainty about how long they can remain with

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"In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates. The remedy for this inconveniency is, to divide the legislature into different branches; and to render them, by different modes of election, and different principles of action, as little connected with each other, as the nature of their common functions, and their common dependence on society, will admit." James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 51

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