The new-age colonists, who appointed social leaders favored by popular decision, viewed England's deeply ritualistic monarchial government as oppressive and a means to an end. ... This was the seed of a revolution growing in the colonists' minds. ... The Seven Years War between Great Britain and France and its subsequent acts had a substantial impact on British-American relations once the war was over. When France ceded Canada and the Ohio River Valley to Great Britain, the British announced the Proclamation of 1763, "to prevent the colonists from rushing into territories vac...

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William Fowler on the Samuel Adams book let as see that the revolution was not something that just pops out in one day. ... This was de begging of the causes for the revolution. ... Also it is good to recognize that the triumph was thanks to France who supports our troops when it was no more provisions for them. After the revolution, the Founding Father had to faced the dilemma. ... Despite their differences, and particularly when contrasted with what was happening in France during the same period, it is noteworthy that the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in 1804 was the only c...

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BIOGRAPHY Thomas Jefferson was the most true and pure example of the American eighteenth century age of Reason & Revolution. ... As for formal education he began under two ministers of the Established Church, who taught him the classics and some French. ... By 1784 Jefferson left for France to assist in negotiating treaties of commerce and in 1785 he succeeded Franklin as minister to France. Jefferson returned from France in 1789 to become Secretary of State under Washington's administration between 1790-94. Unfortunately due to the conflict between Jefferson and Madison over...

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At first, colonists originated from England and were considered English subjects; however, British government increased their taxation policies after the French and Indian War and the Continental Congress began to question British authority. ... Due to the French and Indian War, which was also known as the Seven Years' War and began in 1756, England suffered a massive debt. ... The Revolution then began at Lexington and Concord and the Second Continental Congress was established. ... The Revolution officially ended all relation between England and the colonies and provided the basis of t...

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" It was also the year that the American Revolution began in earnest and was nearly lost. ... From his description of the situation in Britain at the end of 1775, McCullough turns to the situation in Boston. ... Washington, a Tidewater planter, was also an experienced soldier and surveyor, serving with distinction under Edward Braddock in the French and Indian War. ... McCullough maintains that the year 1776 served as a training ground for Washington, Greene, and Knox, the only general officers still in the Continental Army by the time of the last battle, fought in Yorktown, Virginia, in ...

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Of the revolutions passed that day, five of the resolutions dealt specifically with the possibility of seizing whatever stores of warlike materiel were available. ... One specific requirement was that the enlistment of Marines was open-ended. ... In 1622, Cardinal de Richelieu raised a Compagnie de la Mer, or Company of the Sea, composed of French sailors trained to fight ashore. ...

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