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Joint Resolution

History; American history

Passed in 1845 by President James K. Polk gained a majority of the two house congress and formally invited Texas to become the 28th state.

Mayflower Compact

History; American history

(1620) A contract made by the voyagers on the Mayflower agreeing that they would form a simple government where majority ruled.

The House of Burgeses was the first representative assembly in the New World. The London Company authorized the settlers to summon an assembly, known as the House of Burgeses. A momentous precedent ...

George Grenville

History; American history

George Grenville was the British Prime Minister from 1763-1765. To obtain funds for Britain after the costly 7-Years War, in 1763 he ordered the Navy to enforce the unpopular Navigation Laws, and in ...

Loyalists / Tories

History; American history

A colonist in the new world who remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution.

Albert Gallatin

History; American history

Albert Gallatin was the secretary of the treasury under Thomas Jefferson. He was called the "Watchdog of the Treasury," and proved to be as able as Alexander Hamilton. He agreed with Jefferson that a ...

Comte de Rochambeau

History; American history

Commanded a powerful French army of six thousand troops in the summer of 1780 and arrived in Newport, Rhode Island. They were planning a Franco - American attack on New York.