On this day in 1805, the Battle of Derna in modern day Libya concluded. Fought between the United States Marine Corps and allied local and Greek mercenaries against the Tripolitanian Army, the victory for the American force was the last major engagement in the First Barbary War.
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On this day in 1775, the Second Continental Congress convened for the first time. This Congress would, over the next two years, formally declare independence from Great Britain, establish the Continental Army and Navy, and approve the Articles of Confederation to start to bind the colonies together.
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On this day in 1775, the Second Continental Congress convened for the first time. This Congress would, over the next two years, formally declare independence from Great Britain, establish the Continental Army and Navy, and approve the Articles of Confederation to start to bind the colonies together.
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On this day in 1822, General John Stark died at the age of 94, the last surviving Revolutionary War general. Instrumental in the American victories at Bunker Hill and Bennington, Stark notably chose to retire at the end of the war, to resuming life as a farmer in New Hampshire until his death.
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On this day in 1822, General John Stark died at the age of 94, the last surviving Revolutionary War general. Instrumental in the American victories at Bunker Hill and Bennington, Stark notably chose to retire at the end of the war, to resuming life as a farmer in New Hampshire until his death.
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“The Science of Government is my Duty to study, more than all other Sciences: the Art of Legislation and Administration and Negotiation” - John Adams
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In early 1807, President Jefferson arrested his former Vice President, Aaron Burr, on charges of treason. Federal prosecutors argued (ultimately unsuccessfully) that Burr had plans to seize parts of the Louisiana Purchase land by force, relying on a doctored letter from one of Burr’s associates.
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In early 1807, President Jefferson arrested his former Vice President, Aaron Burr, on charges of treason. Federal prosecutors argued (ultimately unsuccessfully) that Burr had plans to seize parts of the Louisiana Purchase land by force, relying on a doctored letter from one of Burr’s associates.
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What is the single biggest policy mistake in early American history (up to the Civil War)? What alternative could have avoided the ramifications caused by that mistake?
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What is the single biggest policy mistake in early American history? What alternative could have avoided the ramifications caused by that mistake?
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How detached should historical assessment of a President’s legacy be from the associated congressional sessions during their time in office?
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The voyage of the frigate USS Boston from Braintree, Massachusetts to Bordeaux, France in early 1778 carried two future US Presidents: John and John Quincy Adams. The six week long trip nearly ended in tragedy for all onboard on multiple occasions.
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The voyage of the frigate USS Boston from Braintree, Massachusetts to Bordeaux, France in early 1778 carried two future US Presidents: John and John Quincy Adams. The six week long trip nearly ended in tragedy for all onboard on multiple occasions.
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Much of President James Madison’s personal thinking and beliefs are somewhat unknown, uncharacteristic among his contemporaries and owing to Madison personally destroying and editing much of his own diary and letters in the years just before his death.
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Much of President James Madison’s personal thinking and beliefs are somewhat unknown, uncharacteristic among his contemporaries and owing to Madison personally destroying and editing much of his own diary and letters in the years just before his death.
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While the American Industrial Revolution is commonly understood to have begun two decades earlier, with Eli Whitney’s cotton gin, it grew exponentially in response to the War of 1812, in large part through the efforts of Francis Cabot Lowell.
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The Republic of Canada was a failed revolutionary state declared in 1837 along the Niagara River border between the United States and Canada, and supported by the secret *Hunters’ Lodge* societies dotted throughout the northern United States.
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On this day in 1846, the Mexican-American War unofficially began with the so-called “Thornton Affair”, a battle within the disputed Texas-Mexico border zone which led President Polk to request a declaration of war from Congress less than a month later.
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On this day in 1846, the Mexican-American War unofficially began with the so-called “Thornton Affair”, a battle within the disputed Texas-Mexico border zone which led President Polk to request a declaration of war from Congress less than a month later.
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The last two surviving soldiers to have verifiably served in the American Revolutionary War died two days apart from each other, in the year 1868.
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The last two surviving soldiers to have verifiably served in the American Revolutionary War died two days apart from each other, in the year 1868.
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James Wilkinson: Highest Ranking Traitor in American Military History
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On this day in 1800, President John Adams signs an act establishing the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
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