United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783

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Among the powers of the earth: the American Revolution and the making of a new w…

by Gould, Eliga H.

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"For most Americans, the Revolution's main achievement is summed up by the phrase 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' Yet far from a straightforward attempt to be free of Old World laws and customs, the American founding was also a bid for inclusion in the community o…

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Among the powers of the earth: the American Revolution and the making of a new w…

by Gould, Eliga H.

0 Type: Book

"For most Americans, the Revolution's main achievement is summed up by the phrase 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' Yet far from a straightforward attempt to be free of Old World laws and customs, the American founding was also a bid for inclusion in the community o…

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The papers of Benjamin Franklin

by Franklin, Benjamin

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After the signing of the definitive peace treaty on September 3, 1783, Franklin's official duties as minister plenipotentiary diminished. He concluded a draft consular convention with France, but Great Britain did not act on the articles for a commercial agreement that he negoti…