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	New York City During the First Year of the Revolution
		In the years preceding the Revolution, New York City witnessed patriot agitation as was found elsewhere in the American colonies. New Yorkers observed boycotts of British goods, erected liberty poles, harassed loyalists, and established a Committee of Correspondence to facilitate communications with their counterparts in other colonies.
		Agnes Hunt, The Provincial Committees of Safety of the American Revolution (Cleveland: Press of Winn and Judson, 1904).
		[61] Letter of April 17 from George Washington to the New York Committee of Safety, the Committee’s reply of April 18, and Washington’s proclamation of April 29; The Papers of George Washington, Vol.
	earlyamerica.com /review/2003_summer_fall/NYC.htm

	The David Library of the American Revolution
		Application materials and two letters of reference should be mailed to Academic Advisory Council, The David Library of the American Revolution, P. Box 748, Washington Crossing, PA 18977.
		Wednesday, March 22, 2006—7:30 PM “Some Thoughts About George Washington, Religion and the American Constitution,” by Akhil Reed Amar, Southmayd Professor of Law, Yale Law School, and author of America’s Constitution: A Biography.
		The David Library of the American Revolution is offering a number of one and two month residential fellowships (housing provided) to support research in its collections, at a stipend of $1600 per month.
	www.dlar.org (1952 words)

	George Washington Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1910 the Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a stone monument to the Battle of Fort Washington.
		The Bridge is near the sites of Fort Washington (on the New York side) and Fort Lee (in New Jersey), which were fortified positions used by General Washington and his American forces in his unsuccessful attempt to deter the British occupation of New York City in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War.
		There are also ramps connecting the bridge to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station, a commuter bus terminal with direct access to the subway at the 175th Street Station on the A line.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Washington_Bridge (1779 words)

	American Revolution Links
		The Brigade of the American Revolution: an index to recreated units portraying both sides (American and British) involved in the Revolutionary War.
		Drums Along The Mohawk: The American Revolution in the Mohawk Valley, NY.
		Sons of the American Revolution which contains very informative pages relating to the Revolutionary War.
	www.ushistory.org /march/links.htm (330 words)

	The History Place - Conflict and Revolution 1775-1776
		In August, King George III refuses even to look at the petition and instead issues a proclamation declaring the Americans to be in a state of open rebellion.
		The 50 page pamphlet is highly critical of King George III and attacks allegiance to Monarchy in principle while providing strong arguments for American independence.
		- The American revolutionaries get the much needed foreign support they had been hoping for.
	www.historyplace.com /unitedstates/revolution/revwar-75.htm (1682 words)

	George Washington (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Washington was the Commander-in-Chief of United States forces in the American Revolution and the first President of the United States.
		George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914), a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family
		George Washington Williams (1849–1891), American religious figure and politician
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Washington_(disambiguation) (309 words)

	The History Place - An Unlikely Victory 1777-1783
		Following a triumphant journey from New York to Annapolis, George Washington, victorious commander in chief of the American Revolutionary Army, appears before Congress and voluntarily resigns his commission, an event unprecedented in history.
		Following the victory, American troops head northwest and destroy nearly 40 Cayuga and Seneca Indian villages in retaliation for the campaign of terror against American settlers.
		Both countries pledge to fight until American independence is won, with neither country concluding any truce with Britain without the other's consent, and guarantee each other's possessions in America against all other powers.
	www.historyplace.com /unitedstates/revolution/revwar-77.htm (3002 words)

	George Washington - Movie Tome
		The series follows Washington from his father's death, to his love affair with Sally Fairfax, through the French and Indian War, his reluctance to join the growing protests against Britian, to his command of the American forces during the American Revolution.
		The life of America's most revered Founding Father based on the biography by James Flexner.
	www.movietome.com /movietome/servlet/MovieMain/movieid-7009/George_Washington (3002 words)

	Bishop of New Jersey writes about the presentment
		Doane was the first American invited to preach in a Church of England pulpit since the Revolution (dedication of new Leeds Parish Church, 1841).
		Doane, George Washington, born 27 May 1799, Trenton, New Jersey, only son of Jonathan Doane and Mary Higgins.
		He was a close friend of John Keble and Edward Pusey, bringing out the first American edition of Keble's 'Christian Year'.
	anglicansonline.org /archive/news/articles/1999/990314a.html (1277 words)

	Subject list of manuscripts
		National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Massanutton Chapter records, 1895-
		SUBJECT = Forest insects -- George Washington National Forest (Va. and W. Va.).
		SUBJECT = Forest fires -- George Washington National Forest (Va. and W. Va.).
	www.lib.jmu.edu /Special/msssubjects.htm (1277 words)

	Great American History Fact-Finder - -Rutledge, John
		Rutledge signed the Declaration of Independence and served as governor of South Carolina during the American Revolution.
		Called "Dictator John," Rutledge was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1789 by President George Washington but resigned to become chief justice of the South Carolina State Supreme Court.
		Nominated by Washington in 1795 as U.S. Supreme Court chief justice, Rutledge served only one month because the U.S. Senate refused to confirm him owing to his bitter attacks on the Jay Treaty and rumors about his mental instability.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/gahff/html/ff_159300_rutledgejohn.htm (130 words)

	American Revolution
		General George Washington had sent out one-third of his troops across the East River to Brooklyn Heights from the American headquarters on Manhattan Island, where they constructed strong enough entrenchments.
		The act was thus a major cause of the American Revolution and provoked an invasion of Quebec by the armies of the revolting colonies in the winter of 1775-76.
		The Americans wanted to take over Boston, and they wanted to get revenge on the British forces for shooting them in their backs when they were retreating at Lexington.
	www.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu /coakhist/amrev.html (7027 words)

	George Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Washington was elected unanimously by the Electoral College in 1789, and he remains the only person ever to be elected president unanimously (a feat which he duplicated in 1792).
		Washington was persuaded to attend the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, even though he was more reluctant to leave his wife and home than at the outset of the Revolution.
		George Washington loved ice cream and reportedly spent approximately $200 on it during the summer of 1790.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Washington (7181 words)

	American Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is generally agreed that the revolution originated around the time of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), and ended with the election of George Washington as the first President of the United States in 1789.
		Loyalists were often of the same well-to-do social circles that produced the right wing of the Patriots (for example Thomas Hutchinson); however, the Scottish highlanders of the Mohawk Valley and the frontiersmen of Georgia included a large number of poorer men.
		The American Revolution is the series of events, ideas, and changes that resulted in the revolution and ensuing political separation of thirteen colonies in North America from the British Empire and the creation of the United States of America with a new political system.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Revolution (4215 words)

	George Washington (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Washington was the Commander-in-Chief of United States forces in the American Revolution and the first President of the United States.
		George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914), a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family
		the George Washington Memorial Bridge (commonly called the Aurora Bridge) in Seattle, Washington
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Washington_(disambiguation) (286 words)

	American Revolution - George Washington - Father of Our Nation
		George Washington was commander in chief of the Continental army during the American Revolution and first president of the United States (1789-97)
		Washington, whose policy of neutrality angered the pro-French Jeffersonians, was horrified by the excesses of the French Revolution and enraged by the tactics of Edmond Genet, the French minister in the United States, which amounted to foreign interference in American politics.
		Six Historic Americans: George Washington - Article which sets out to prove that Washington was not a Christian communicant and not a believer in the Christian religion.
	www.americanrevolution.com /GeorgeWashington.htm (286 words)

	George Washington -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Washington was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, chairman of the convention that wrote the United States Constitution, and the first president of the United States.
		George Washington is the subject of an oil painting by Gilbert Stuart from about 1796.
		Information on this project established to publish a complete edition of the correspondences of the first President of the United States, George Washington.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9277657 (805 words)

	St. Mary's Churchyard
		Mayor of Burlington (1780), Bowes Reed was the brother of Joseph Reed, aid-de-camp to Washington and later president of Pennsylvania.
		He was a founding member of the American Bible Society in 1816 and that same year published Star of the West, in which he proposed that Native Americans were descendants of the lost tribe of Israel.
		Attorney General of the U.S. under President Washington, Bradford was born in Philadelphia in 1755.
	www.stmarysburlington.org /churchyard.htm (1582 words)

	USA - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
		In 1775, George Washington led the American Revolution against colonial rule by Great Britain, which led to the Declaration of Independence by the thirteen colonies in 1776.
		Presidents Hu Jintao and George W. Bush, with first ladies Liu Yongqing and Laura Bush, wave from the White House.
		President George W. Bush signing the USA PATRIOT Act in the White House's East Room on October 26, 2001.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=USA (6229 words)

	Papers of George Washington
		During the eight years of the American Revolution, General Washington spent far more time, thought and energy as the organizer and administrator of the military forces than he did as a military strategist and tactician.
		Washington appealed to their reason but it was probably due as much to their emotional ties to him that, after his dramatic meeting with them, they affirmed their loyalty to the Cause and dropped all conspiratorial intentions.
		Washington's vision of a strong and independent "empire" required that the new nation be given time to grow, as he knew it would, and therefore, it must not become embroiled in any actions which would prevent this growth.
	gwpapers.virginia.edu /articles/stazesky.html (6229 words)

	The American Revolution (George Washington)
		Washington, whose policy of neutrality angered the pro-French Jeffersonians, was horrified by the excesses of the French Revolution and enraged by the tactics of Edmond Genet, the French minister in the United States, which amounted to foreign interference in American politics.
		Washington was reelected president in 1792, and the following year the most divisive crisis arising out of the personal and political conflicts within his cabinet occurred--over the issue of American neutrality during the war between England and France.
		Whatever public criticism attended the debacle, Washington's own military reputation was enhanced, and in 1755, at the age of 23, he was promoted to colonel and appointed commander in chief of the Virginia militia, with responsibility for defending the frontier.
	theamericanrevolution.org /ipeople/gwash.asp (2665 words)

	George Washington [encyclopedia]
		George Washington's birthday is celebrated on February 22 using the Gregorian Calendar, but under the Julian Calendar, which was in use throughout Britain and its colonies at the time of this birth, he was born on February 11.
		George Washington was plagued thoughout his adult life with bad teeth, losing about 1 tooth a year from the age of 24.
		Washington retained an army in being throughout the Revolution, keeping British forces tied down in the center of the country while Generals Gates and Benedict Arnold won the battle of Saratoga in 1777.
	artzia.com /History/Biography/Washington (1314 words)

	AllRefer.com - George Washington (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		George Washington 1732–99, 1st President of the United States (1789–97), commander in chief of the Continental army in the American Revolution, called the Father of His Country.
		You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > U.S. History, Biographies > George Washington
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on George Washington
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/WshngtnG.html (1314 words)

	George Washington and the American Revolution
		Born in Virginia on February 22, 1732, Washington served as Commander in Chief of the colonial forces in the American Revolution.
		After victory against England, George Washington was unanimously elected as the first president of the United States of America.
		Although he had no children of his own, George Washington was a devoted husband and father to his stepchildren.
	sln.fi.edu /franklin/statsman/wshngtn.html (1314 words)

	GEORGE WASHINGTON
		Just as George Washington was the architect of victory in the Revolution, so too, as the first President, he was the key figure in establishing essential political precedents to ensure the success of the new republic.
		In 1758 Washington became a brigade commander, the only American to achieve that rank during the war.
		Washington recalled his own sacrifices in the service of his country and reminded his officers that their loyalty should be to their country, not to the Army.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/RevWar/ss/washington.htm (1896 words)

	American Revolution
		People of the Revolution // George Washington Timeline during Revolution
		Causes of the Revolution // Mercantilism in Practice and the American Revolution
		Documenting the South: "The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution" by William Cooper Nell
	pw1.netcom.com /~wandaron/rev.html (454 words)

	The Patriot Resource: History - American Revolution
		Here is an unfamiliar, unforgettable chapter of the Revolution, a rousing tale of American infighting, and the treacherous backroom dealings at Versailles that would propel George Washington from near decimation at Valley Forge to victory at Yorktown.
		From a physician's perspective, Medicine and the American Revolution is a unique history of the American Revolution and how diseases impacted the execution of the war effort.
		British Supporters of the American Revolution by Sheldon S. Cohen focuses on five unrenowned men of Britain's `middling orders'.
	www.patriotresource.com /history.html (1194 words)

	1776 American Dream : Patriot Interview William Penn--"January 3, 1701"
		For more Patriot Interviews, enter a name (George Washington for example) in the SEARCH box.
		But, the revolution of 1688 brought William and Mary to the throne, and James II was exiled.
		Penn settled the troubles there and re-wrote the constitution to meet the new needs of the people who were rapidly coming to the colony.
	www.1776americandream.com /html/patriotView.cfm?id=10 (508 words)

	Revolutionary Links
		New Jersey in the Revolution George Washington had two major victories in New Jersey, the battle at Ttrenton and the battle at Princeton.
		Virginia Visions: Timeline of the American Revolution This is another excellent timeline of the events occurring throughout the American Revolutionary War.
		Maryland Loyalism and the American Revolution The story of a loyalist unit commanded by Col. Bev Robinson.
	www.ecsu.ctstateu.edu /depts/edu/textbooks/revolutionarylinks.html (813 words)

	The American Revolution
		American Revolution at Kid Info - Check out all these links...This is a goldmine for teachers.
		American Revolution in Georgia - Learn how our state was involved in the American Revolution.
		Famous Early Americans - Ben Franklin, George Washington, Daniel Boone
	edtech.kennesaw.edu /web/amrevol.html (351 words)

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