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- 911: British Rule of The American Colonies
- ... the right to put taxes on the trade of the colonies but could not place taxes directly on the colonists to raise revenue(America Online). The spokesperson of the colonies, John Dickinson, wrote in his “Letters of a Pennsylvania Farmer,” on the issue of direct taxes. He distinguished between taxes that were imposed to regulate trade and those that were intended solely to raise revenue. If the tax was used to ...
- 912: Boston Massacre
- ... of the troops was in the slowest order, taking eleven days, when it had taken only forty-eight hours to land them. Adams certainly believed the soldiers guilty of murder without and extenuation, as his letters to the newspapers and other public activities showed. Captain Preston was the first of the accused to be placed on trial. He was acquitted. He was questioned to see if he had told his troops ...
- 913: Leo Szilard and the Atomic Bomb
- ... politician Gustaw Stulper who then introduced them to Dr. Alexander Sachs and economist who knew his way around Washington. Einstein helped them by writing a letter which Sachs personally delivered to President F.D.R. Letters were sent and Szilard's patience was being tested. They gave Sach's ten days to act. Eventually Sachs got F.D.R. interested and the United States government would fund the project, but it ...
- 914: Underground Railroad
- ... is to this day very hard to describe. Traks were laid to aide the slaves to freedom. People talked in secrecy to make safe paths for the slaves to run on. These were the tracks. Letters were sent that had terminology or code for the balcks. A lot of the terms come from things found along railroads. This is because real railroads at this time were the newest thing and happened ...
- 915: Slavery and the Underground Railroad
- ... is to this day very hard to describe. Traks were laid to aide the slaves to freedom. People talked in secrecy to make safe paths for the slaves to run on. These were the tracks. Letters were sent that had terminology or code for the balcks. A lot of the terms come from things found along railroads. This is because real railroads at this time were the newest thing and happened ...
- 916: William Clark's Slave York
- ... and sharing the burdens of travel with men who otherwise may not have shared so much as a drink of water with York because of his color. Holmberg is the editor of a collection of letters that Clark wrote his elder brother, Jonathan. The cache, found in 1988 in the attic of a Louisville home owned by Jonathan Clark's descendants, provided the first detailed look at York. York had been ...
- 917: Comparison of The American Revolution and the French Revolution
- ... York: Harper and Row, 1973), p. 462. 4. Hart, Benjamin, Faith and Freedom, (Dallas: Lewis and Stanley, 1988), p. 301. 5. Kropotkin, Petr, The Great French Revolution. (New York: Putnam's Sons), 1909, Introduction. 6. Letters and Other Writings of James Madison, Vol. IV (New York: R. Worthington, 1884), p. 478. 7. McLaughlin, Andrew, C. , The Foundations of American Constitutionalism. (New York: Fawcett, 1932, 1961), pp. 88-89. 8. Morison, Samuel ...
- 918: Indentured Servants and Slaves
- ... previous home and were seeking a better life. At his or her own will a person would choose to become an indentured servant. They would travel to the New World and serve their term. As letters show they endured harsh physical labor and hardships, but at the end of the term they were free to do what ever they wanted. Slaves on the other hand were unwillingly torn away from their ...
- 919: Lincoln's Battle With His Cabinet
- ... general opposition to Lincoln, particularly over the issue of slavery. Chase has been described as "jealous of the President," and "overly ambitious." Lincoln's personal secretary, John Nicolay, wrote, "There is enough in Chase's letters abusing Lincoln behind his back for quite a scorcher." He grew so furious with the President's capable rule that he finally resigned his position (Williams 202). Another weak link in Lincoln's cabinet was ...
- 920: The Boston Massacre
- ... of the troops was in the slowest order, taking eleven days, when it had taken only forty-eight hours to land them. Adams certainly believed the soldiers guilty of murder without and extenuation, as his letters to the newspapers and other public activities showed. Captain Preston was the first of the accused to be placed on trial. He was acquitted. He was questioned to see if he had told his troops ...
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