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Destination America: The Book
When the Continental Congress chose this Latin motto for the Great Seal of the United States in 1782, it did so to assert the fact that thirteen British colonies in North America were now an ...
TheCollector on MSN1d
What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
In 1786, the young United States of America was nearly ripped apart by Shays’ Rebellion. Angry farmers suffering from debt ...
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Dred Scott case: the Supreme Court decision
in every one of the thirteen colonies which united in the Declaration of Independence, and afterwards formed the Constitution of the United States. The slaves were more or less numerous in the ...
The Atlantic2y
Races in the United States
In the United States, an entirely distinct formation ... him of eighteen languages spoken there in 1644. For the entire thirteen colonies at the time of the Revolution, we have it on good ...
14 Former Presidents Who Loved Sipping On Whiskey
Enjoyed by all echelons of the populace, whiskey was a particular favorite among many American presidents, a taste dating all ...
The Heritage Foundation4y
How It Was Formed
Because all thirteen colonies had to ratify amendments ... (See his memorandum on the "Vices of the Political System of the United States.") The delegates generally agreed on the powers that ...
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The Oldest Town in Pennsylvania Happens to Be in Delaware County
Pennsylvania, as one of the original 13 colonies where independence was born, has many historic towns that have stood the ...
Texas Monthly5d
The Texanist: Why Does Texas Have So Little Public Land?
More than 96 percent of Texas is privately owned. This makes us an outlier, especially among other big states. Alaska is more ...
Aclu.org5mon
The Declaration of Independence
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human ... Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which ...
The Connecticut Mirror25d
Put a national slavery memorial on the Washington Mall
Japan or the United States, for example. At our nation’s founding in 1776, there were approximately 400,000 enslaved African Americans in the original 13 colonies. By the time the Civil War ...
National Review5y
On July 1, Nike Ditched the Betsy Ross Flag. On July 4, These African Immigrants Became Citizens Under It.
Kamala Harris Spits Up Word Salad All Over Her Lapels Law Profs Who Can’t Cope with Decisions They Dislike What’s Trump’s Case against Harris? Psst! There Are a Handful of New Polls in ...
greenmarketreport10d
Boies legal team takes next step in descheduling case
(OTC: VRNOF), along with Massachusetts-based Canna Provisions, Wiseacre Farm, and entrepreneur Gyasi Sellers using the well-known legal firm of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP. It was dismissed on July 1, ...