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North Park Univ.: The Revolutionary War Era 1763-1
Yorktown. 1783: Treaty of Peace is signed. 1785: Land Ordinance of 1785. 1787: Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. James Madison develops principles for the US Constitution Northwest Ordinance. Shay's Rebellion. Resources Primary Sources Secondary Sources
Gunning Bedford, Jr.
first to Dover, then to Wilmington, and much later to a farm on the Brandywine. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1783 – 1785, and served as Delaware's attorney general from 1784 to 1789. He was a delegate to the Annapolis Convention in 1786, but did not attend the m...
George Washington
election to the Virginia House of Burgesses. In 1774 he participated in the First Continental Congress and took command of the Virginia militia; next year the Second Congress made him commander in chief of the Continental army. Washington led the American forces skillfully through the Revolution...
The Crisis by Thomas Paine
Philadelphia, Oct. 4, 1780 The American Crisis: Philadelphia, March 5, 1782 The American Crisis: Philadelphia May 31, 1782 The American Crisis: Philadelphia, Oct. 29, 1782 The American Crisis: Philadelphia, April 19, 1783 The Full Work on One Page Footnotes are found throughout the...
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