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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
NARA: The Treaty of Paris
NARA Exhibit: American Originals, Part 2: The Treaty of Paris, 1783 National Archives and Records Administration Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s) The Treaty of Paris The treaty, sent to Congress by the American negotiators, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay, formally...
Birth of the Nation: Locating the United States Capitol
No issue so threatened the fragile American Union as the question of where to locate its capital city. In 1783, in recognition of the sectional division of the Union, Congress decided to have two capitals, one on the Delaware River near Trenton and the other on the Potomac. A year later Con...
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...
Thomas Jefferson's Library: Making the Case for a National Library
role of knowledge and learning in the activities of Congress Time Required Two class periods Recommended Grade Level Grades 8-12 Topics Government, Law Presidents Eras The New Nation, 1783-1815 National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860 Standards McREL 4th Edition Standards & B...
The American Revolution: EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS
Trenton. EPISODE 4: "Oh Fatal Ambition" 1777-1778 The "united" states remain in dire need of funds and military support. Congress dispatches Benjamin Franklin to France in hopes of creating an alliance which will provide both. Meanwhile, a British army marches down the Hudson...
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