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A Revolutionary War
While John Adams called for a declaration of independence in the Continental Congress, a down-on-his-luck Englishman named Thomas Paine sounded the clarion call for revolution in January 1776 ...
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How George Washington Defeated Smallpox And Won America’s Independence
it’s worth remembering that immunization played a key role in America’s War of Independence. In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental Army through some of the earliest battles ...
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Donald Trump's 'airport' revolution sees people rewrite history
Twitter user @King_Of_Shade invented the Battle of Baggage Claim in 1776. The American War of Independence began as a result of tensions between those living in Great Britain's North American ...
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ESPN writer David Fleming’s ‘Who’s Your Founding Father?’ gives a fascinating look at the first Declaration of Independence
But it also examines the famous Thomas Jefferson-penned Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776 (more than a year into the Revolutionary War ...
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The Church And The Revolutionary War
Not only did he serve on over one hundred committees, but his signature can be found on the Declaration of Independence. Overall the Revolutionary War had a lasting impact on the state of religion ...