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French And Indian War it was the beginning of open hostilities between the colonies and Gr. Britain. England and France had been building toward a conflict in America since 1689.
John Adams The 2nd President of the U.S
Ben Franklin Famous for the invention of Electricity
Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757[1] – July 12, 1804) was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
Federalists An advocate or supporter of federalism.
Democratic Republicans The Democratic-Republicans was one of the first political parties in the United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison around 1792
1st Continental Congress The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve British North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.
Second Continental Congress The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the American Revolutionary War had begun.
Articles of Confederation was an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution.
U.S. Constitution The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. The first three Articles of the Constitution establish the rules and separate powers of the three branches of the federal government
Federalist Papers The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles or essays promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay.
Settlement of Jamestown Today at Jamestown Settlement, the story of the people who founded Jamestown and of the Virginia Indians they encountered is told through film, gallery exhibits and living history.
Power of Judicial Review President Washington’s Foreign Policy Separation of Powers In American discourse separation of powers is more a name than a description. None of the three branches (legislative, executive, or judicial) of the national government are clearly separate from one another
War of 1812 The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire.
Monroe Doctrine The Monroe Doctrine is a policy of the United States introduced on December 2, 1823
American Revolutionary War began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers, such as conflicts in India and West Africa between Great Britain and France.
Civil War Events A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same nation state or republic,[1] or, less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly-united nation state.
Thomas Paine and ‘Common Sense’ Common Sense[1] is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, before the American Revolution
Reconstruction the term Reconstruction Era has two senses: the first covers the entire history of the entire U.S. from 1865–1877 following the Civil War; the second sense focuses on the transformation of the Southern United States from 1863 to 1877, as directed by Washi
8th amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights prohibiting the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishments.
John Locke widely known as the Father of Classical Liberalism was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers.
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