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American History Commentary

John McNeer February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 1 Comment #alexanderhamilton, #americanhistory, #americanpolitics, #antifederalist, #britain, #constitution, #electionof1796, #electionof1800, #federalist, #founders, #founding, #foundingfathers, #france, #frenchrevolution, #genet, #georgewashington, #history, #impeachment, #jamesmadison, #jaytreaty, #marthawashington, #neutrality, #politics, #reignofterror, #revolutionarywar, #thomasjefferson, #usfounders, #ushistory, #warof1812, #washingtonadministration

The Rupture of George Washington’s and Thomas Jefferson’s Friendship and Its Importance [Abridged]

Author’s Note: In the more concise version of this post I will focus on an incident in 1800 that reveals

American History Commentary

John McNeer February 12, 2020February 13, 2020 4 Comments #alexanderhamilton, #americanhistory, #americanpolitics, #antifederalist, #britain, #constitution, #electionof1796, #electionof1800, #federalist, #founders, #founding, #foundingfathers, #france, #frenchrevolution, #genet, #georgewashington, #history, #impeachment, #jamesmadison, #jaytreaty, #marthawashington, #neutrality, #politics, #reignofterror, #revolutionarywar, #thomasjefferson, #usfounders, #ushistory, #warof1812, #washingtonadministration

The Rupture of George Washington’s and Thomas Jefferson’s Friendship and Its Importance

Author’s Note: When I started this blog I wanted to create concise but informative summaries that were either historically important

American History Commentary

John McNeer March 23, 2018December 29, 2021 2 Comments #americanrevoluton, #colonialvirginia #colonialamerica, #foundingfathers, #freedom, #liberty, #libertyordeath, #patrickhenry, #speech, #virginia, American History, Commentary

March 23, 1775: A Call to Arms: “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!”

The true story behind Patrick Henry’s 1775 “liberty or Death” Speech