Famous First Facts about American PoliticsH.W. Wilson, 2001 - 756 halaman For historians, students, scholars, librarians, and teachers, this is a comprehensive information source, and the perfect first stop for political research. General readers will also find it an irresistible browse, exploring 'firsts' from the earliest events in American history (such as the founding of the Iroquois Confederacy by Haionhwat'ha and Deganawidah sometime before 1550), to the ground-breaking events that took place at the end of the millennium (such as the first First Lady elected to public office, in 2000). |
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... British be- fore the Revolution was Boston , MA , where resentment against British taxes and Parliamen- tary authority was threatening to lead to insur- rection . British troopships carrying two infantry regiments and supporting ...
... British be- fore the Revolution was Boston , MA , where resentment against British taxes and Parliamen- tary authority was threatening to lead to insur- rection . British troopships carrying two infantry regiments and supporting ...
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... British troops were coming to destroy a supply depot at nearby Concord . The force of 700 British soldiers , led by Major John Pit- cairn , reached the Lexington town common at dawn on April 19 to find the Minutemen wait- ing for them ...
... British troops were coming to destroy a supply depot at nearby Concord . The force of 700 British soldiers , led by Major John Pit- cairn , reached the Lexington town common at dawn on April 19 to find the Minutemen wait- ing for them ...
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... British general Lord William Howe , commander in chief of the British Army in North America , and the Continental Army under George Wash- ington . The American forces , outnumbered two to one , were outflanked by Howe , who took 1,200 ...
... British general Lord William Howe , commander in chief of the British Army in North America , and the Continental Army under George Wash- ington . The American forces , outnumbered two to one , were outflanked by Howe , who took 1,200 ...
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