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	PHMC: Pennsylvania History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		By 1860, with the possible exception of the northern tier counties, population was scattered throughout the state.
		State debts incurred for internal improvements, such as the canal system, almost bankrupted the state, until the Public Works were finally sold.
		The settlement of new regions of the state was accompanied by provisions for new roads.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/pahist/civil.asp?secid=31 (3841 words)

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		It is in the western section of the State and is bounded by the states of South Carolina and Georgia and Macon, Swain, Haywood and Transylvania counties.
		It is in the western section of the State, and is bounded by Yancey, Buncombe and Haywood counties and the state of Tennessee.
		It is in the western section of the State and is bounded by the state of Tennessee and Avery, McDowell and Yancey counties.
	statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /NC/CNTYOUT/CNTYMAPS/COUNT4.HTM (2159 words)

	Interactive State House
		Further acts suspended Massachusetts' legislature, banned town meetings and juries, provided for troops to be housed in private residence, and enabled the Governor to suspend laws and move trials to England as he thought fit.
		His rule increasingly became that of a military governor, an occupier of territory that ruled by force.
		On April 19, 1775, the shooting war of the American Revolution began in Lexington and Concord.
	www.mass.gov /statehouse/massgovs/tgage.htm (319 words)

	Sullivan - History of New York State 1523-1927
		The Supreme Court of the State is even more like the provincial Supreme Court, and the county courts are substantially the same as the Courts of Common Pleas which functioned in each county from 1691 to the end of the Crown period in 1775, and from the beginning of the State period to 1847.
		New York City was apparently recognized as the logical State headquarters of the court, for the office of the clerk was to be there, and in it all court papers were to be filed, the deputy clerk at Albany forwarding the papers of' that office to New York every half-year.
		New York State was rapidly growing; its population was rapidly changing in character; the conservative provincial families were being outnumbered by the thousands of immigrant families that debarked at New York and settled in different parts of the State, the change being most evident after the opening of the Erie Canal.
	www.courts.state.ny.us /history/elecbook/sullivan/pg6.htm (9891 words)

	USIA - Portrait of the USA, Ch. 3
		Congress reached a compromise: Slavery was permitted in the new state of Missouri and the Arkansas Territory but barred everywhere west and north of Missouri.
		After Abraham Lincoln, a foe of slavery, was elected president in 1860, 11 states left the Union and proclaimed themselves an independent nation, the Confederate States of America: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
		The most serious issue of the day was the revelation that the United States had secretly sold arms to Iran in an attempt to win freedom for American hostages held in Lebanon and to finance antigovernment forces in Nicaragua at a time when Congress had prohibited such aid.
	usinfo.state.gov /usa/infousa/facts/factover/ch3.htm (4528 words)

	John Stark - Likeness of New Hampshire War Heroes & Personages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The leader of this expedition was to be John Stark.
		The existing state of things in New Hampshire, as in the other existing colonies, furnished better materials for the speedy organization of a large force, than would at first be supposed.
		Every town was obliged to keep in readiness a barrel of powder, two hundred pounds of lead, and three hundred flints for every sixty men; besides a quantity of arms and ammunition for the supply of those, who were unable to provide themselves with the necessary articles.....
	www.state.nh.us /nhdhr/warheroes/starkj.html (1691 words)

	Women Leaders in Africa
		The state was placed in the northeastern corner of the country, and today it forms part of the self-proclaimed republic of Puntoland.
		The state developed east of the confluence of the Sankuru and Kasai rivers, before the Kubans migrated to its present habitat in the Kuba area.
		Two of her war leaders were reputedly her sisters, her council of advisors contained many women, and women were called to serve in her army.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /womeninpower/Africa.htm (5862 words)

	PA State Archives - RG-27 - Series Description - Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Each entry states the name of the payee, amount paid, the reason the money was owed and a second signature (seemingly the person who collected the amount.) The amounts are also recorded and totaled together at the bottom of the page.
		Letters state the date of the petition, the petitioner and sender's name (if it was sent as a reference), place of origin of the letter, the petitioner's experience, and vouchers for the petitioner's character.
		Entries include infomation reguarding memos of letters written; military enlistment for state militia received from various counties; commissions for officers; wages of Council members; extracted copies of laws or minutes to be sent to various people and counties; forfeited estates; prothonotaries and treasurers of different counties; and provisions.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/dam/rg/sd/r27sd.htm (4680 words)

	Capitol Tours - About our Capitol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		CapitolAlthough the sixth state house was built on the same site and, in general, according to the same H-shaped plan as the fifth, it seems to have been much less elaborate.
		After the state government moved to Richmond in 1780, this building was used by George Wythe, professor of law at the College of William and Mary, for the moot courts and mock legislatures which he initiated to train the leaders of the next generation.
		The fire which consumed the fourth state house ended that town's career as the seat of the colony's government and, for all practical purposes, its history as an inhabited community.
	legis.state.va.us /cap_tours/about_our/cap_timeline.html (1132 words)

	Texas Department of State Health Services, Public Health Preparedness, History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		However, in the 17 th century, the existing lack of knowledge about how disease was transmitted, coupled with the lack of knowledge about how to direct a disease so that it only affected the enemy, made the use of disease as a weapon seem improbable.
		In 1925, the United States was one of the nations that signed the Geneva Protocol, prohibiting the use of chemical or biological agents.
		As the leaders of Unit 731 saw Japan heading for defeat, they burned their records, destroyed their facilities, and fled to Tokyo.
	www.dshs.state.tx.us /preparedness/bioterrorism/professionals/history (5615 words)

	Rhode Island History: Chapter 3
		In April 1775, a week after the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, the colonial legislature authorized raising a 1,500-man ''army of observation'' with Nathanael Greene as its commander.
		The state's individualism, its democratic localism, and its tradition of autonomy caused it to resist thecentralizing tendencies of the federal Constitution.
		The proposed federal assumption of state debts was a carrot, and the economic coercion exerted upon alien Rhode Island by the new central government (a tariff and a demand for debt payment) was a stick.
	www.rilin.state.ri.us /studteaguide/RhodeIslandHistory/chapt3.html (1560 words)

	Rhode Island Office of the Secretary of State
		In 1775, on the eve of the Revolution, the Rhode Island Legislature appointed Greene brigadier in command of three regiments of militia.
		The state mineral, Bowenite, is a close relative of jade and can be considered a semi-precious gem stone. It is found in northern Rhode Island and was first discovered in the early 1800's by geologist George Bowen.
		The greatest length of the state is 48 miles and the greatest width is 37 miles. Rhode Island has 35 islands within its territorial waters, the largest being Block Island, with an area of 10 square miles.
	www.sec.state.ri.us /library/riinfo/knowrhode/view (5798 words)

	LifeCourse Associates: American Political Leaders by Generation: Method of Calculation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Each leader belongs to a generation as defined by his or her birthyear—from the Awakening Generation (born 1701-1723) to Generation X (born 1961-1981).
		A generation’s leadership share of the House, Senate, governorships, or Continental Congress is defined as the number of leaders belonging to that generation over a two-year period as a share of all leaders during that two-year period.
		The longevity of national leadership is an average for all individual leaders in all bodies—not a simple average of longevity for each body.
	www.lifecourse.com /leaders/LCLeaderMethod.html (744 words)

	Outline of U.S. History
		At the suggestion of the Virginia House of Burgesses, colonial representatives met in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774, "to consult upon the present unhappy state of the Colonies." Delegates to this meeting, known as the First Continental Congress, were chosen by provincial congresses or popular conventions.
		Led by the pro-independence leaders, they drew their support not only from the less well-to-do, but from many members of the professional class (especially lawyers), most of the planters of the Southern colonies, and a number of merchants.
		King George rejected it; instead, on August 23, 1775, he issued a proclamation declaring the colonies to be in a state of rebellion.
	usinfo.state.gov /products/pubs/histryotln/road.htm (5549 words)

	George Washington Papers: Time Line: The American Revolution
		June 12, British General Thomas Gage declares Massachusetts to be in a state of rebellion.
		August 23, King George III declares all the Colonies to be in a state of rebellion.
		The Revolution, however, causes a civil war among the Iroquois, and the Oneidas are one of the few tribes to side with the Americans.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/gwhtml/1775.html (1248 words)

	Fulton County Court House
		The Battle of Johnstown was fought October 25, 1781, and is considered one of the battles of the Revolution fought in New York State.
		Bonfires were lit in the street and the courthouse bell was rung and it is said the residents rejoiced more over the death of Butler than the defeat of the whole British Army.
		In 1792, the Supervisors of the county ordered two large and two small stoves be purchased for the courthouse, that the lot be comcompletelynced and that a row of elms or willows be planted in front of the building.
	www.courts.state.ny.us /history/elecbook/fulton/pg4.htm (453 words)

	Christian Leaders for a Christian Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This was the case in all of the states, in varying degrees of doctrinal specificity.
		But the most important of all lessons is the denunciation of ruin to every state that rejects the precepts of religion.
		Those, therefore, who pay no regard to religion and sobriety in the persons whom they send to the legislature of any State are guilty of the greatest absurdity and will soon pay dear for their folly.
	home.aol.com /TestOath/22leaders.htm (2274 words)

	Henry Hamilton's Journal
		He is known as the leader of the expedition which captured Martin's and Ruddell's stations in Kentucky in 1780.
		178 Kushaghking, Coshocton, or Goschachgunk was the chief town of the Turtle clan of the Delaware Indians, 1775 to 1781.
		He was a leader in the warfare of the day and later in the formation of the state of Kentucky.
	www.statelib.lib.in.us /www/ihb/resources/hamiltonfootnotes.html (4574 words)

	A Reluctant Declaration for Independence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		After the news of the battles of Lexington and Concord reached Charleston, the Provincial Congress moved to consolidate resistance to "a wicked and despotic Ministry." But much of the leadership still "ardently" desired "a Reconciliation …upon constitutional Principles," and Loyalism remained strong, especially in the backcountry.
		These letters, "by Express," trace the urgent passage of the news from Massachusetts to the "Committee of Intelligence in Charles-Town." William Henry Drayton was a member of that committee, and his papers formed a major part of the Revolutionary War manuscript collection of Robert Wilson Gibbes.
		Drayton wrote that like the obverse, the reverse, which depicts the figure of the Latin goddess Spes (Hope) walking on the seashore, referred to the heroic victory at the palmetto log fort on Sullivan’s Island.
	www.state.sc.us /scdah/exhibits/revolution/rev3.htm (315 words)

	SparkNotes: The American Revolution (1754–1781): The Revolution Begins: 1772–1775
		Even though American colonial leaders had petitioned Parliament and King George III to repeal taxes in the past, never had they boldly denounced them until this point, when they claimed that Britain’s actions had violated their natural rights and the principles of the English constitution.
		Many cities and towns organized volunteer militias of “minutemen”—named for their alleged ability to prepare for combat at the drop of a hat—who began to drill openly in public common areas.
		The engagement led King George III to declare officially that the colonies were in a state of rebellion.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/american/revolution/section4.rhtml (1289 words)

	Lesson H - I Spy
		The recruits were furnished with weapons, wages and uniforms by their respective states.
		Most states were unable to meet their quota of soldiers or the material needs of the soldiers that did serve.
		After the disastrous retreat from Concord in April 1775, the British Army occupied the city of Boston for several months.
	www.state.de.us /sos/dpa/outreach/education/lessonh.shtml (1469 words)

	Louisiana Secretary of State/Archives/Previous Events/Jewish Heritage 1998--Touro and Benjamin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Judah Touro was born on June 16, 1775, in Newport, Rhode Island, the son of Isaac Touro, a native of Holland who became a minister of the Jewish synagogue at Newport in 1762.
		In 1845, Benjamin was elected as a delegate to the state constitutional convention, and his political career continued in 1852 when he was elected to the United States Senate on the Whig ticket.
		He was named secretary of state in March of 1862, and he served in that position until the conclusion of the conflict.
	www.sec.state.la.us /archives/jewish/JHTOURO.HTM (553 words)

	Louisiana Secretary of State/Tribute to U.S. Army-July 2000-PAGE 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Louisiana was of great military importance to the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century because of its proximity to the Spanish controlled lands beyond the Sabine River.
		Although Taylor had subscribed to Whig principles of legislative leadership, he was not inclined to be a puppet of Whig leaders in Congress.
		Southerners were furious, since neither state constitution was likely to permit slavery; Members of Congress were dismayed, since they felt the President was usurping their policy-making prerogatives.
	www.sec.state.la.us /archives/army-2000/army2000-index.htm (1428 words)

	Connecticut History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As soon as the news of the uprising at Lexington, Massachusetts in April of 1775 reached Connecticut, several thousand militiamen left Connecticut for Massachusetts.
		Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the Constitution and to become a state in the United States of America.
		This meeting of Federalist leaders from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, secretly adopted seven proposed amendments to the Federal Constitution that were later accused of being treasonous.
	www.kids.state.ct.us /history.htm (2057 words)

	NJDARM: Saving America's Treasures, The American Revolution in New Jersey, Themes
		Matters of security and the effort to root out Loyalists were vested in the state’s Council of Safety during the early war years.
		The Council of Safety was the state’s primary organ for “expediting laws” to promote the patriot cause and for suppressing treasonous activity against the newly established state government.
		Shopkeepers Licenses, 1781 (99 leaves to be treated) – To prevent commerce with the British and their sympathizers, the state required shopkeepers in counties bordering the enemy territory of New York to petition for a license to sell goods, and to provide witnesses attesting to their loyalty to the newly formed state government.
	www.state.nj.us /state/darm/links/satthemes.html (1161 words)

	NDI - National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
		The purposes of the delegation were to: demonstrate the international community's continued interest in and support for a democratic election process in Ukraine; and provide Ukrainians and the international community with an impartial and accurate assessment of the election process and the political environment surrounding it to date.
		Ukraine's political leaders should enter into an urgent dialogue to consider how to rectify the corrosive effects of the abuses in the election process.
		Frequent misuse of state resources for the political advantage of one candidate in disregard of legal requirements for separation of the state from partisan political interests;
	www.accessdemocracy.org /library/1775_uk_statement_112304.html (3454 words)

	1775 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		June 14 - American Revolutionary War: The United States Army is established by the Continental Congress.
		October 13 - American Revolutionary War: The United States Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental (later renamed the United States Navy).
		November 10 - American Revolutionary War: The Continental Congress passes a resolution creating the Continental (later renamed the United States Marine Corps) to serve as landing troops for recently created Continental Navy (the Marines were at end of war in April of 1783 but were reformed on July 11 1798).
	www.freeglossary.com /1775 (1160 words)

	History & Genealogy - Manuscripts - Guide to Manuscripts Materials Pt. 2
		Roster containing name, county, state, date of enlistment, company and regiment, rank, wounds received, date and cause of discharge, and general remarks about members of the association living in Blount, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Fayette, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Sullivan, and Washington counties in Tennessee and Fulton County, Georgia.
		Correspondents include many leaders of the movement such as Francis L. Cardozo, Frederick Douglass, John Rapier, H. Revels, Louis Tappan, and Jonathan Wright.
		Papers of Richard Furman (1755-1825), resident of Charleston, South Carolina; ordained Baptist minister; and prominent educational and religious leader.
	www.state.tn.us /TSLA/history/manuscripts/mguide02.htm (4999 words)

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