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In March, King George III repeals the Stamp Act after much debate in the English Parliament, which included an appearance by Ben Franklin arguing for repeal and warning of a possible revolution in the American colonies if the Stamp Act was enforced by the British military.
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On the same day it repealed the Stamp Act, the English Parliament passes the Declaratory Act stating that the British government has total power to legislate any laws governing the American colonies in all cases whatsoever.
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The Supreme Court of Massachusetts abolishes slavery in that state
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In Virginia, the House of Burgesses grants freedom to slaves who served in the Continental Army.
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With 29 delegates from nine states present, the constitutional convention begins in the state house in Philadelphia. A total of 73 delegates have been chosen by the states although only 55 will actually attend. There are 21 veterans of the Revolutionary War and 8 signers of the Declaration of Independence.
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Rather than revise the Articles of Confederation, delegates at the constitutional convention voted to create an entirely new form of national government separated into three branches - the legislative, executive and judicial - dispersing power with checks and balances, as a measure of protection against a controlling majority.
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Thirty nine delegates vote to approve and then sign the final draft of the new Constitution.
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The Federalists, who advocate a strong central government and approval of the new Constitution, begin publishing essays in favor of ratification. Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, the total number of articles will eventually reach 85 and be compiled and published as the Federalist Papers.
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Delaware is the first of the nine states needed to ratify the Constitution.
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Pennsylvania is the second of the nine states needed to ratify the Constitution.
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New Jersey is the third of the nine states needed to ratify the Constitution.
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Washington was a Federalist from Virginia and a commander for the Continental Army during the American Revolution
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In France, the French Revolution begins with the fall of the Bastille in Paris, an event witnessed by the American ambassador, Thomas Jefferson.
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Benjamin Franklin dies in Philadelphia at age 84. His funeral four days later draws over 20,000 mourners.
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The U. S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Jefferson offered to buy French territory, approximately 800,000 square miles comprising the Mississippi River Valley and most of the present-day Midwest, almost doubling the size of the United States, and was granted with much more land then he anticipatted.
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Ohio is admitted into the United States
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Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot the previous day by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel at Weehawken, New Jersey.
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British army burned down the capitol building of Washington after the battle of Bladensburg
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Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated at Waterloo. he was defeated by Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher.
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New York has given the right to vote to all African Americans.
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Kennedy, David, Lizabeth Cohen and Thomas Bailey. The American Pageant: A History of the Repiblic. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. Print.
"American Revolution." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 103-105. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 28 May 2013.
