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National Continental Congress
William Floyd was first from New York to sign the Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence
May 22, 2012
William Floyd was born on December 17, 1734 in Brookhaven, New York. The son of Nicoll Floyd and Tabitha Smith, William’s bloodline was...
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Listen my children and you shall hear, the midnight ride of Caesar Rodney
Declaration of Independence
May 16, 2012
A signer of the Declaration of Independence from Delaware, Caesar Rodney’s life began in Dover, Delaware October 7, 1728 on his family&rsquo...
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Abraham Clark was a firm and decided patriot, as well as a faithful friend
Declaration of Independence
May 16, 2012
A farmer, surveyor, self-taught lawyer and politician; Abraham Clark was born on February 15, 1726 in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. A delegate to the...
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Disaster at Quebec: 1775
American Revolution
December 15, 2011
The American Revolution began at Lexington and Concord in April 1775. The thirteen colonies hoped to forge their own destiny independent of the...
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Jefferson's declaration
Declaration of Independence
July 4, 2011
In the years leading up to the history-altering events of July 4, 1776, public sentiment had been building in the British colonies of America to...
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Vindicated Patriot
American Revolution
May 19, 2011
Who was Silas Deane? Was he a hero? Cursed by a political enemy? A scoundrel? A thief? A man whose ideas proved to be beneficial to the American...
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George Washington and the Newburgh Conspiracy
George Washington
October 11, 2010
The Revolutionary War concluded on the battlefield in 1781. However, the continental army remained in the field while France and England continued...
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