As the uprising of the American Revolution broke, Jefferson was a leading lawyer, successful planter, lover of books, science, and music, a devoted husband and father and at the time a loyal subject of the king. ... On June 7, 1776 Jefferson joined with Ben Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman to became apart of a Congressional committee proposing Independence. Therefore by July 4, 1776 the Second Continental Congress proclaimed the Declaration of Independence to George III, the king of Britain. ... As a push from the Democratic-Republican Party Jefferson became a pr...

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The story opens in England, October 26, 1775, with King George III of England addressing the British Parliament on the war in the North American colonies. ... McCullough offers the British perspective on the events in faraway North America first, re-creating the debate in Parliament over the king's decision to quash the rebellion. ... He writes evenhandedly about the British generals Howe, Henry Clinton, John Burgoyne, and Charles Cornwallis. Howe had served under General James Wolfe, who called him "the best officer in the King's service.... Readers interested in a wider view...

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Led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams, the Federalists based their views in the belief that a government should be run by a central power. ... They were outraged at the violence of the war and in the murder of the king, queen, and many nobles. ...

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During the Battle of Saratoga in October of 1777, the Americans won a great victory over General John Burgoyne. ... King George III realized he could not allow the American colonies to gain independence or other territories of Great Britain would surely follow. Having been defeated at Saratoga, and trying to prevent an alliance between the French and the Americans, King George III authorized Lord North to seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict. ... A longtime supporter of the American cause, Lafayette persuaded King Louis XVI to send General Comte de Rochambeau and 5,500 men to Newport, Rh...

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He warned the new king Charles II that his usage owas for the most part destructive to his citizens at home and with his characteristic outspoken manner, frequently spoke up for the freedoms and rights of the lower classes. ... John Hancock If there was ever a more recognizable name during the Revolutionary War period of American history, it was most certainly the deservingly famed representative John Hancock. ... If there was one such a gentleman who sided with American Independence, this again was John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. ...

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In John Dickinson's "Letter 2" from Letters from a Farmer he writes, "If Great-Britain can order us to come to her for necessaries we want, and can order us to pay what taxes she pleases before we take them away, or when we land them here, we are as abject slaves as France and Poland can show in wooden shoes, and with uncombed hair", [Dic68]. ... In a letter from a Boston merchant named John Andrews to his brother in Philadelphia it says, "I sincerely believe they [the British Parliament] intend to carry out their threats, which are to make the town a desolate wil...

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Hamilton was joined by Vice President John Quincy Adams leading the Federalists, who acknowledged a strong central government. ... President Jackson's political adversaries branded him "King Andrew" or "King Veto" because of the uncommon and bizarre power he seemed to be maintaining (Doc. 7). ...

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The colonists created the Stamp Act Congress in response to the Stamp Act, which is where they drafted the "Declaration of Rights and Grievances" and sent it to King George III. ... John Crevecoeur states that American is this new man and is this place where "all nations are melted into a new race of men" (H). ...

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When Hamilton arrived in the United States, he enrolled at King's College (now Columbia University) in New York. While at King's, Hamilton wrote anonymous pamphlets for newspapers and exhibited a solid grasp and knowledge of the British and American governments [http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/hamilton.html]. ... Hamilton took these ideas and along with James Madison and John Jay wrote The Federalist. ...

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