Outside the Academy w/ Prof. Thompson

Outside the Academy w/ Prof. Thompson

George Washington's Revolution

July 1774, George Washington declared himself a loyal servant of the king, a British constitutionalist, and told Parliament it was renegade assembly with no power over Virginia.

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King George III made a mess of things between 1775 and 1776, leading the Patriots to declare independence. Their Declaration of Independence is boldly anti-King Geor…

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