Medals of the United States MintU.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 - 274 pages |
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... British post on the forks of the Ohio River ( site of today's modern city of Pittsburgh ) . This post , occupied and renamed Fort Duquesne by the French , was so firmly established that Washington took up his position at Great Meadows ...
... British post on the forks of the Ohio River ( site of today's modern city of Pittsburgh ) . This post , occupied and renamed Fort Duquesne by the French , was so firmly established that Washington took up his position at Great Meadows ...
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... British prohibition of colonial paper money . 1769 - Drew up a Nonimportation Act , providing for the imposition of an embargo on various British articles . This act was ratified by the Virginia House of Burgesses . 1773 - Was a ...
... British prohibition of colonial paper money . 1769 - Drew up a Nonimportation Act , providing for the imposition of an embargo on various British articles . This act was ratified by the Virginia House of Burgesses . 1773 - Was a ...
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... British officer he felt was unjustly charged with responsibility for the Boston Massacre , an incident in which four citizens were killed . 1771 - Represented Boston in the Massachusetts Legisla- ture ( General Court ) . 1774 Condemned ...
... British officer he felt was unjustly charged with responsibility for the Boston Massacre , an incident in which four citizens were killed . 1771 - Represented Boston in the Massachusetts Legisla- ture ( General Court ) . 1774 Condemned ...
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... British and the French . The Directory in France , feeling that the United States was pro- British because of the Jay Treaty , broke off com- mercial relations and refused to accept an Ameri- can envoy except by payment of a bribe ...
... British and the French . The Directory in France , feeling that the United States was pro- British because of the Jay Treaty , broke off com- mercial relations and refused to accept an Ameri- can envoy except by payment of a bribe ...
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... British invasion of that State . Jefferson's service in the legislature and as Gov- ernor of Virginia was marked by his outstanding success in obtaining legislation in broad areas . Foremost in this respect was a statute establishing ...
... British invasion of that State . Jefferson's service in the legislature and as Gov- ernor of Virginia was marked by his outstanding success in obtaining legislation in broad areas . Foremost in this respect was a statute establishing ...
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