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The proposed Federal Impost of 1781

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The proposed Federal Impost of 1781 During the 1780s one of the foremost issues facing the nation was the dire…

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Jay’s Treaty primary sources for Florida Council for History Education (FLCHE)

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We are pleased to be presenting the following PowerPoint presentation on July 31 to the Florida Council for History Education:…

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Significance of Newly Discovered Hamilton Records

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Significance of Newly Discovered Hamilton Records Recently uncovered records in the New York State Archives from 1787 and 1788 shed…

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Breaking news: newly discovered Hamilton records – part 2

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Newly uncovered Hamilton records relating to the Constitutional Convention and New York Ratification Convention Late breaking news (developing story) Draft Post by…

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Breaking news: newly uncovered Hamilton records – part 1

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Newly uncovered Hamilton records relating to the Constitutional Convention and Annapolis Convention Late breaking news (developing story) This week, working…

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Jay’s Treaty PowerPoint

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The following PowerPoint will be presented at the Florida Council on History Education annual conference on July 31 by Adam…

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Hamilton at the Constitutional Convention

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Hamilton at the Philadelphia Convention During the Revolutionary War Alexander Hamilton was one of the first to publicly recognize the…

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Shays’ Rebellion: the laws that provoked and suppressed the revolt (Part 2)

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Shays’ Rebellion: the laws that provoked the revolt (and the laws that succeeded in suppressing it) Why were Massachusetts farmers…

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Shays’ Rebellion and the Founders (Part 1)

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Shays’ Rebellion and the Founders (Part I) Beginning in the fall of 1786 until it was crushed in early 1787,…

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The Plan to Sabotage Hamilton at the Philadelphia Convention

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THE NEW YORK ANTI-FEDERALIST PLAN TO SABOTAGE ALEXANDER HAMILTON AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION On March 6, 1787, the New York…

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