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On August 10, 1776, news reaches London that the Americans had drafted the Declaration of Independence.

Until the Declaration of Independence formally transformed the 13 British colonies into states, both Americans and the British saw the conflict centered in Massachusetts as a local uprising within the British empire.

To King George III, it was a colonial rebellion, and to the Americans, it was a struggle for their rights as British citizens. However, when Parliament continued to oppose any reform and remained unwilling to negotiate with the American rebels and instead hired Hessians, German mercenaries, to help the British army crush the rebellion, the Continental Congress began to pass measures abolishing British authority in the colonies.

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The Great Debate occurred during the Constitutional Convention. Outcomes included the establishment of a four-year term of office for the President, granting Congress the right to regulate foreign trade and interstate commerce, and the appointment of a committee to prepare a final draft of the Constitution.

In memory of Explorer Mr. Matthew A Henson and the Inughuit Tribes

Matthew Henson

1866 – 1955

An African American explorer who co-discovered the North Pole with Robert Peary in 1909.

The Constitutional Convention

Woman (to Benjamin Franklin): “Well, Doctor, what have we got – a Republic or a Monarchy?”

Benjamin Franklin: “A Republic, if you can keep it.”

-McHenry, The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787

Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, Oil on Canvas, Howard Chandler Christy

The Great Debate occurred during the Constitutional Convention. Outcomes included the establishment of a four-year term of office for the President, granting Congress the right to regulate foreign trade and interstate commerce, and the appointment of a committee to prepare a final draft of the Constitution.

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