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Washington came from
FFV, but was 2 nd born.
Sent as diplomat to deliver message to Fort Duquesne.
Journal of trip became a colonial best seller.
Battle of Jumonville’s Glen.
Iroquois Half-King.
Jumonville’s revenge at Fort
Necessity.
Washington the assassin.
It takes 20,000 casualties to train a Major General.
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Washington had no military training before joining.
His imposing physical stature was his strongest asset. 6’3 ½ “
He was ridiculed for a lack of military ability.
He chose to resign rather than accept demotion.
Rejoined military as an aide to General Edward
Braddock.
Tried to learn as much as he could from anyone willing to teach him.
The “mythology” of George Washington
Took that knowledge and formed the Virginia
Blues, the best militia force in the Colonies.
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1 st civilized American.
European cache, the frontier philosopher.
Scientist, Diplomat,
Inventor, Writer.
Poor Richard’s Almanack.
Did not invent electricity!!
Lightning rod, bifocals,
Franklin Stove.
Univ. of Penn.
1 st public lending library.
Junto Club.
French sex symbol.
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Step 1 towards war.
Parliament decrees no colonial settlement west of Appalachian
Mtns.
Parliament tried to create a buffer zone between Natives and
Colonists post French
& Indian War.
Colonists outraged, felt they deserved the land.
Blatant defiance of law leads down the slippery slope.
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Economic Theory of Mercantilism: A nation’s power is in direct relation to its wealth.
Exports vs. Imports in a favorable balance of trade.
Open Markets = free choice
Closed Markets = little to no choice
Black Markets = choice with risk attached.
Navigation Acts: To England, the primary purpose of the Colonies was to enrich the mother country.
England turned from absentee landlord to overbearing parent of a rebellious teenager.
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Stamp Act of 1765
The Townshend Tea Tax of 1767.
Various Quartering Acts the Colonist could not
“tolerate”.
Boston was the hotbed for
Colonial discontent.
England sends more troops to quell the unrest.
Reality check, Parliament did not ask the colonist to do anything the people of
England were not doing already.
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Power in England is shared between the
King and Parliament.
Parliament controls all matters within England,
King controls all matters without.
George was a decent
King but a man wrong for his time.
Colonists as children.
Lord North
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2 nd cousin of John Adams.
Firebrand Orator and instigator.
Failure in almost every endeavor.
Red suit and cheap wig.
Committees of
Correspondence.
Sons of Liberty.
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The death of Christopher Snider.
March 5 th , 1770 at the Customs House near the
Boston Commons.
The British troops on guard: Irish and green.
A snow ball fight gone wrong.
5 killed including Crispus Attucks.
Who gave the order to fire?
An event made for Propaganda.
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1773, Parliament give monopoly to British East
India Trading Company to keep it from going bankrupt.
Taxed tea was inferior but still less expensive than smuggled varieties.
Completely choreographed by Samuel Adams & the Sons of Liberty. December 16 th .
Mohawk Indians?
342 chests or 45 tons of tea dumped.
Honor among thieves?
Intolerable Acts: Boston Port Act, Quartering Act.
Impact of Committees of Correspondence.
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John Adams
Lawyer
John Hancock
Businessman
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Battles of Lexington & Concord occur on April
19, 1775. Fighting before the war?
Battle of Boston March 1776, Bunker Hill June
1776
2 nd Continental Congress: Tories vs. Patriots.
Olive Branch Petition 1775.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Lost more battles than we won.
The genius of Washington: He didn’t have to win the war, he just had to not lose.
Taliban strategy?
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Marquis de Lafayette
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Baron von Stueben
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General Henry Knox 
General Nathaniel Greene
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General Horatio Gates 
General Charles
Cornwallis
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Lt. Col. Alexander
Hamilton
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Comte de Rochambeau
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“A firm league of
Friendship” “Articles of
Confusion”
A good start.
Fear of a strong executive.
John Dickenson, author and closet loyalist.
Written in 1777 and approved in 1781, in effect until 1787.
One state, one vote.
9/13 to pass law, 13/13 to amend Articles.
No power to tax, coin money or regulate trade.
John Hanson
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Western Mass. Daniel
Shays, Am Rev Vet.
West vs. East.
Debt and foreclosure.
Fight back against the state and the banks.
Shaysites destroy tax records and march on
Springfield armory then
Boston.
Sovereignty & states rights.
Direct cause of
Constitutional Convention.
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Philadelphia’s Independence Hall.
George Washington, leader.
Ben Franklin, old sage.
Alexander Hamilton, firebrand.
James Madison, organizational genius.
Rhode Island, fixing the unfixable.
All meeting held in secret. Open dialogue and hidden criminality.
Old hands not invited.
Virginia Plan, James Madison, bicameral.
New Jersey Plan, William Patterson, unicameral.
The Connecticut Compromise (Great), Roger Sherman, combine both.
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Federalists vs. Anti – Federalists.
Rich vs. Poor. Strong Federal Govt. vs. States’ Rights.
A nation based on compromise???
3/5 ths Compromise.
The Bill of Rights, James Madison.
Slave trade, 1807.
The Federalist’s Papers: Madison, Hamilton, John Jay.
Ratification Crisis. 9/13 required but not really.
Delaware, North Carolina, Virginia, New York & Rhode
Island.
“We the People”, Three Branches, Electoral College.
President Washington I presume?
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Cabinet dream team: Hamilton at Treasury, Knox at
War, Jefferson at State, Adams at VP.
Washington’s genius in leadership.
A team of rivals.
Rural vs. urban, rich vs. poor, Federalism vs. States
Rights.
Loose vs. Strict Construction.
Whiskey Rebellion.
Only unanimously elected President.
French Revolution & Neutrality Proclamation.
The Two Term Precedent. King George IV???
Farewell Address.
1 st in war, 1 st in peace, 1 st in the hearts of his countrymen.
The GW Test: Without Washington as our 1 st President, there wouldn’t have been a 2 nd ?
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