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Showing posts with label By: Mackenzie Arlt. Show all posts
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
American Revolutionary War Videos
Friday, November 19, 2010
Quotes-George Washington
"I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving." - Address to the Officers of the Virginia Regiment, January 8, 1756
"Time is of more importance than is generally imagined." - Letter to James Anderson, December 10, 1799
"What can be so proper as the truth?" - Letter to Richard Washington, April 15, 1757
"A good general government, without good morals and good habits, will not make us a happy People; and we shall deceive ourselves if we think it will." - Letter to Annis Boudinot Stockton, August 31, 1788
"Time is of more importance than is generally imagined." - Letter to James Anderson, December 10, 1799
"What can be so proper as the truth?" - Letter to Richard Washington, April 15, 1757
"A good general government, without good morals and good habits, will not make us a happy People; and we shall deceive ourselves if we think it will." - Letter to Annis Boudinot Stockton, August 31, 1788
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers. A polymath, he was an author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. If you want to learn more about him go to this site.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Act Repealed
The English debts mounted and the landowners were angry. Also the British government didn't want trouble, and powerful merchants in London hinted to the king that a conflict in the colonies would be bad for business. So they repealed the Suger Act in 1766,Americans danced in the streets to celebrate their"glorious victory over England."
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
"NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"
"NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION" was a famous cry of the colonists. One of the ways Britain tried to get money from the colonists was the Sugar Act. Also, Britain imposed imports of molasses from non-British colonies. The colonists later became accustomed to the attempts. The English couldn't ship anything out of England to the colonies. Eventually, the colonists broke the laws and began trading with the Native Americans during the French and Indian war.
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