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A timeline of significant events. ... December 23, 1775 - King George III issues a royal proclamation closing the American colonies to all commerce and trade, to take effect in March of 1776. Also in December, Congress is informed that France may offer support in the war against Britain.
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www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/revwar-75....
www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/revwar-75.htm
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There have been 16 Chief Justices in American history, ... John Jay was appointed by George Washington in 1789. Jay served as the fifth President of the Continental Congress from December 10, 1778 to September 27, 1779. He was a diplomatic representative to France during the Revolutionary War, along with Benjamin Franklin...
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www.mydd.com/story/2005/9/5/19650/78415
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Statesman, publisher, inventor, and patriot known for writing Poor Richard's Almanac, keeping France on the side of America during the Revolutionary War, and inventing all kinds of useful things, including bifocal glasses and the lightning rod. ... He was the American representative to England for a few years.
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www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/benjaminfranklinde...
www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/benjaminfranklindef.htm
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II. REVOLUTIONARY WAR From 1775 to 1783-- 8 years ... King George III, and his friends in Parliament, demanded that the American Colonies pay a share of the English debt incurred during the French and Indian War. ... 2. Representative government was provided for; 3. Admission to the Union was to follow as soon as the...
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www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/revwar/revwar.html
www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/revwar/revwar.html
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Franklin later became famous (or infamous) for his liaisons while he was the American representative in France during the Revolutionary War (which scandalized John and Abigail Adams), but these now mostly seem harmless flirtations, since Franklin was too old and ill, and his lovers too diffident, for matters to go very far.
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www.friesian.com/poly-1.htm
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Benjamin Franklin is probably best remembered for the electricity experiment in which he flew a kite during a thunderstorm. Franklin was also a notable statesman. He served as a representative to France during the Revolutionary War and helped to draft the Declaration of Independence.
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www.fcps.edu/FranklinMS/about/franhis.htm
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12) Eyewitness To The American Revolution by James Thatcher, M.D., Longmeadow Press, 1994, reprint by the same publisher, in ociation with Platinum Press, Inc., of an edition originally published in 1862. Thatcher was an Army Surgeon during the Revolutionary War, and his book was first published by Richardson & Lord...
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killdevilhill.com/z/yintellectuald/JohnAdamshall/cas/21...
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Of all the representatives sent abroad by the Congress of the thirteen states in the early part of the Revolutionary war to secure aid of various kinds from certain friendly nations, ... Under all conditions, he was a friend of man, a world benefactor, and the representative of a cause which appealed to people all over the world-
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www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/history/franklin.html
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