• The Avalon Project : Jefferson's Autobiography
  Follow the debate over the Articles of confederation with Thomas Jefferson. This is from his autobiography. You can also learn about the Declaration of Independence by scrolling up the page.
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• The Avalon Project : Proceedings of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government
  The Annapolis convention was a gathering to discuss the problems of the Articles of Confederation. It was through this convention that the Constitution of the United States would be written.
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• The Continental Congress
  The Continental Congress was the governing body of the 13 Colonies during the American Revolution. Each Colony sent representatives to discuss the issue of the Parliaments invasion of their rights as Englishmen. Thus, when the Colonists met, they created a weak central government, in which the States held the power.
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• The Conway Cabal
  Learn how in the Autumn of 1777 a plot between a clique of the Continental Congress and a group of Coontinental Army generals attempted to replace General Washington as Commander of the Army.
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• The E Pluribus Unum Project: America in the 1770's
  The topics, essays, and resources of this exhibit reflect the belief that it is by examining the exchange of ideas through speech, print, and public performances of the period that can best help us analyze the origins and meanings of the American Revolution.
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• The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade- Project Gutenberg
  This book, by Thomas Clarkson, examines the history of the British Slave trade and its evential abolishment by the British Parliament in 1839.
  Download the free eBook: The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the
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• The Library of Congress
  The Library of Congress is the research arm for the United States. Here you will find information about the nation from it's discovery to the present, through the online exhibits that present United States history through its documents.
  The Library of Congress. The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 120 million items. The collections include books, sound recordings, motion pictures, photographs, maps, and manuscripts.
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• The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy
  From the Mariners Museum Web site, read about the XYZ Affair and the Quasi-War with France during the Adams Administraion 1798-1800.
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• The Political Realists of Continental Europe
  Enlightened Philosophers, such as Voltaire and Diderot, and the Physiocrats, who were ministers to the French court, did not wish to limit the powers of the Monarchies. They attempted to persuade European Rulers to redirect power towards the rationalization of economic and political structures and the liberation of intellectual life.
  To keep everyone from exercising too much freedom, however, there would be an absolute monarch. This phenomenon is known as Enlightened Absolutism.
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• Thomas Hutchinson
  This page is a short biography of the Governor of Massachusetts prior to the American Revolution. Thomas Hutchinson is the man that the patriots hated because he upheld the unwanted taxes and parliamentery intrusions on the Massachusetts colonial legislature.
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• Thomas Jefferson, Federalist. Peter S. Onuf
  This is an essay on Thomas Jefferson and his form of Federalism. It explains the political changes at the time of his election.
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• Thomas Paine
  Learn all about Thomas Paine on this web site and take a look at his revolutionary writings.
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• Thomas Paine Writings
  On this site you will be able to read the collected works of Thomas Paine, the man who is famous for writing Common Sense during the American Revolutionary era.
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• U S Constitution - John Adams 2nd President Birth and Education
  From the United States Constitution web site, read about the life and times of John Adams. Here you will learn how he influenced American History.
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• William Penn's Plan of Union-1697
  Take a look at one of the earliest known plans for union among the Colonies as proposed by William Penn. This article is found on history1700s.com
  Take a look at one of the earliest known plans for union among the colonies as proposed by William Penn.
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• XYZ Affair by John Adams
  Read about the XYZ Affair from President John Adams in this letter to the House of Representatives 16, May 1797. Note: this may actualy have been a speech, If someone knows what it actually was, please email kspatriot at patriot@history1700s.com, thanks.
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