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America's Library: Jump Back in Time - Revolutionary Period: Home for the Holidays
Commander in Chief George Washington Resigned Revolutionary Period (1764-1789) General Washington met with Congress at the Maryland State House to resign his commission Commander in Chief George Washington Resigned December 23, 1783 It was an emotional day for
America's Library: Jump Back in Time - Revolutionary Period: Where Is Everybody?
When did the Revolutionary War officially come to an end? On September 3, 1783, more than a year after the last shots were fired, a peace treaty was drawn up in Paris. Under the terms of the treaty, the United States was granted territory as far west as the Mississippi River.After the Treaty...
Benjamin Franklin as A Scientist
meteorologists don't chase storms on horseback, but they do continue to plot the course of storms. Since Ben spent so much time sailing to Europe across the Atlantic Ocean, he became very interested in both ocean currents and shipbuilding. Ben was actually one of the first people to chart the Gulf...
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