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Peggy was the daughter of Edward Shippen and born into a prominent Philadelphia family. Edward Shippen was a judge and member of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania. Her father suffered major persecution from the Zealots in authority at Boston.[1] Peggy was the youngest child of the family, though there were two other boys born later who died in infancy. She grew up as the baby of the family, but soon became the favorite of her father.

She like readin new papers and study polictics

She was the second wife of Benedict Arnold

John Cabots first voyage was on May 2, 1497

He had a second voyage and on the way back his ship sunk and they think that happened in 1499. England claimed ownership of the North America because of John Cabot.

He sailed twice to Newfoundland. The first time he didn't touch land. The second time however, he did touch land near Maine and Quebec. Cabot died in 1499 when he was 49 years old.

"Jamestown, located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony, was founded on May 14, 1607.[1] It is commonly regarded as the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States of America, following several earlier failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke. It was founded by the London Company (later to become the Virginia Company), headquartered in London. Located in James City County when it was formed in 1634 as one of the original eight shires of Virginia, Jamestown was the capital of the Colony for 83 years, from 1616 until 1699.[2] At that time, the capital was relocated to Middle Plantation, about 8 miles (13 km) distant. (That small community, which had also become home to the new College of William and Mary in 1693, was renamed Williamsburg in 1699). The London Company's second settlement, Bermuda, claims the oldest town in the English New World, as St. George's, Bermuda was officially established (as New London) in 1612, where James Fort, in Virginia, is said not to have been converted into Jamestown until 1619. Jamestown ceased to exist as a settlement after the transfer of Virginia's capital to Williamsburg in 1699, existing, today, only as archaeological remains, whereas St. George's has continued in use throughout.[3] Jamestown is one of three locations comprising the Historic Triangle of Colonial Virginia: Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg. Jamestown offers two areas to visit. Historic Jamestowne,[4] on Jamestown Island, is a cooperative effort by Jamestown National Historic Site, a part of Colonial National Historical Park, which is a unit of the National Park Service, and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. The other attraction is known as Jamestown Settlement, and located 1.25 miles (2.01 km) from the historic location of the colony. It is a Living History interpretive site operated by the Jamestown Yorktown Foundation in conjunction with the Commonwealth of Virginia and was established f

Thee people of Boston weree tired of payinq taxx on there tea , so when a ship filled with tea arrivedd , people dressed as Indians came nd&& thew all the tea into thee Boston Harborr .

Controversy between Great Britain and the colonies arose in the 1760s when Parliament sought, for the first time, to directly tax the colonies for the purpose of raising revenue. Some colonists, known in the colonies as Whigs, objected to the new tax program, arguing that it was a violation of the British Constitution.

the boston tea party happened because some people didn't wanna pay taxes on the tea so a ship came filled with them then at night people dressed as indians and went and trew all the tea in the water. king was so mad that he sent his soilders to lock the city so they can starve.

this document was made by a few of the founding fathers

thomas jefferson wrote the whole thing in one day and benjamin franklin fixed all the mistakes that thomas made when he wrote it

they declared it in philidephia

John Adams and Samuel Adams were cousin

He choose to be in a secret organization.

Gates was born in Maldon, Essex, England the son of the housekeeper of the Duke of Bolton's mistress. He was a godson of Horace Walpole He received a lieutenant's commission in the British Army in 1745.

Horatio Gates was discrased. He abandoned his men on his horse and ran away so fast his men could not catch up to him. Washington would never do that. Horatio Gates is nothing as a general compared to Washington.

he was a volunteer in the american army

The Congress also called for another Continental Congress in the event that their petition was unsuccessful in halting enforcement of the Intolerable Acts. Their appeal to the Crown had no effect, and so the Second Continental Congress was convened the following year to organize the defense of the colonies at the onset of the American Revolutionary War.

The Congress met from 5 September to 26 October 1774. From 5 September through 21 October, Peyton Randolph presided over the proceedings; Henry Middleton took over as President of the Congress for the last few days, from 22 October to 26 October.

The second accomplishment of the Congress was to provide for a Second Continental Congress to meet on 10 May 1775. In addition to the colonies which had sent delegates to the First Continental Congress, the Congress resolved on Oct. 21, 1774 to send letters of invitation to Quebec, Saint John's Island (now Prince Edward Island), Nova Scotia, Georgia, East Florida, and West Florida

Lincoln had closely supervised the victorious war effort, especially the selection of top generals, including Ulysses S. Grant. Historians have concluded that he handled the factions of the Republican Party well, bringing leaders of each faction into his cabinet and forcing them to cooperate.

Abraham Lincoln had no interest whatsoever in ending slavery. He ran as a republican in 1860. And was president during the civil war

he was the sixteenth president he is on the penny and he ended slavery in america and he also was the most hated president because the southern states removed themselves away from the union being their own country

Molly Pitcher was a nickname given to a woman said to have fought in the American Revolutionary War. Since various Molly Pitcher tales grew in the telling, many historians regard Molly Pitcher as folklore, rather than history, or suggest that Molly Pitcher may be a composite image inspired by the actions of a number of real women. The name itself may have originated as a nickname given to women who carried water to men on the battlefield during the war.

molly pitcher,(well the first one at least) was named mary hays but she was named that because for one everyone with the named mary was usually named molly and second the used to say hey molly, pitcher teller her to get a pitcher of water. after her husband was wounded in battle while loading cannons she started to load the cannons for support

During the Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778 the fighting was fierce and intense. The heat of battle was searing, and the soldiers' throats were parched. Many were exhausted and wounded. All through the day - amidst the smoke and fire of the fighting - a private's young wife, Mrs. John Hays, carried water in a pitcher back and forth from a well to her husband and his fellow artillery gunners. Thus, the nickname Molly Pitcher.

Georgia is bordered on the south by Florida; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina; on the west by Alabama; and on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina. The northern part of the state is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a mountain range in the vast Appalachian Mountains system.

He was the first man both indian and english

for everyone who said fever that is half correct because they never said what the fever was from

Squanto along with samoset were the only two indians at the time that were able to speak english.

This is what the war was called outside of America. We call it of course, The French & Indian War. But in this battle Washington did not win. In fact, he knows he would've lost so he surrendered! The Indians scalped the people who died. Only 780 out of 2000 lived.

To this day Braddock's body is concealed behind a fence under a rock. That small piece of land doesn't belong to the states. It belongs to England and that's their property since Braddock was an English General.

they had to burry him under a road because if they buried braddock in a proper grave sight than the indians would dig the body up and destroy it by ripping the scalp off of the victims head

Revere had numerous siblings with whom he appears to have been not particularly close. Revere's father, born Apollos Rivoire, came to Boston at the age of 13 and was apprenticed to a silversmith.

paul revere was a silversmith and he was a member of the sons of liberty and the most famous thing he said was "the british are coming, the british are coming"!

Paul Revere rode into town yelling "The British are coming". At the time the British had atleast 32,000 men. Revere rode around town yelling at night.