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The Continental Congress 1774
When Samuel Adams, his cousin John Adams and the rest of the delegates from Massachusetts arrived in Philadelphia, they found
The Boston Tea Party 1773 -1774
Due to the taxes on tea, many of the colonists began drinking coffee or cocoa, or bought tea smuggled in
The Stamp Act, 1765 – 1772
Another unpopular step England took after the war was to reorganize her defense system in the colonies. The French and
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
England’s First Victory 1775
The British in Boston had no reason for suspecting anything unusual on the night of June 16, 1775 but across
Good King George and the Dragon 1775
Samuel Adams was an unhappy man. He moved among the other delegates to Congress like a lonely, silent shadow, keeping
A Divided Country 1776
One chilly morning in April, General Howe stepped out of his Boston headquarters and stared in amazement at a hill
Distant Past and New Challenges
Milestones of History
Victorious Athens (480 B.C.)
A victorious Athens was thanks to Themistocles, whose farsighted proposal that the Athenians should fight the Persians at sea rather
Classical Greece – A Golden Age and New Dynasty Dawn (480 – 323 BC)
Classical Greece was a period during which the finest products of Greek civilization were achieved, has been defined as beginning
Alexander the Great Dies (323 B.C.)
Alexander the Great succeeded to the throne upon the assassination of Philip of Macedonia, in northern Greece. This succession, both
