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AI rendered pencil drawing of the Pneumatic Subway in NY In 1732, the First Mass was celebrated in the first American Catholic church, St. Joseph's, Philadelphia In 1776, Washington fixed his attention on Dorchester Heights, the key to Boston. He issues orders to consolidate entrenching tools—axes, shovels, pick-axes—and writes John Hancock, explaining that the army is quietly preparing to seize the Heights. The move is meant to force the British to fight or abandon the

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AI rendered pencil drawing of the Pneumatic Subway in NY In 1732, the First Mass was celebrated in the first American Catholic church, St. Joseph's, Philadelphia In 1776, Washington fixed his attention on Dorchester Heights, the key to Boston. He issues orders to consolidate entrenching tools—axes, shovels, pick-axes—and writes John Hancock, explaining that the army is quietly preparing to seize the Heights. The move is meant to force the British to fight or abandon the

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"As there is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust, so there are other qualities in human nature which justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence. Republican government presupposes the existence of these qualities in a higher degree than any other form." James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 55

Hancock-Clark Parsonage, Lexington, MA

Hancock-Clarke Parsonage The Hancock-Clark House is located in Lexington, Massachusetts, and is the boyhood home of John Hancock. Many of you will know that he and Samuel Adams were at this home from April 18th until April 19, 177,5 when the American Revolution began. History books record that they were warned by Paul Revere around midnight that the British were coming and should leave. Then, in a standard history class, we learn that Hancock and Adams leave around 4 am to

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Fort Sackville Memorial In 1776, Washington set his mind on medical readiness. He order ed a formal examination of every surgeon and mate in the Continental Army. Inventories of instruments, medicines, and bandages are demanded at once. In 1779, Fort Sackville surrendered , marking the beginning of the end of British domination in America’s western frontier. In 1782, the Battle of Tydiman's Plantation took place in South Carolina. In 1804, Thomas Jefferson was nominated for

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"It is the fundamental principle of the proposed constitution, that as the aggregate number of representatives allotted to the several states, is to be determined by federal rule, founded on the aggregate number of inhabitants; so, the right of choosing this allotted number in each state, is to be exercised by such part of the inhabitants, as the state itself may designate." James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 54

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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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