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revolution
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...revolution, in a political sense, fundamental...Cuban, and Iranian revolutions. The American Revolution, however, is a misnomer: it was a war of independence. The word revolution, borrowed from astronomy, took on......
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French Revolution
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......factors that brought about the Revolution. To some extent at least, it...measures.The direct cause of the Revolution was the chaotic state of government...French participation in the American Revolution had increased the huge debt......
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Daughters of the American Revolution
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...Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), a Colonial patriotic society...ancestors who aided the cause of the Revolution. The society was organized (1890...organization known as the Daughters of the Revolution. See studies by M. Strayer (1958......
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Green Revolution
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...Green Revolution, term referring mainly to dramatic increases...1940s in Mexico researchers led by American Norman E. Borlaug developed broadly...to respond to criticism that the Green Revolution depends on fertilizers, irrigation......
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Fanning, Edmund (1739–1818, Loyalist in the American Revolution)
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...Edmund Fanning, 1739–1818, American Loyalist in the American Revolution, b. Suffolk co., Long Island, N.Y...New York area throughout the war. After the Revolution he was lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia......
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American Revolution
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...American Revolution, 1775–83, struggle by which the...United States. It is also called the American War of Independence. Causes and Early...closed, but a barb remained to wound American feelings. Colonial political theorists......
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Harrison, Benjamin (political leader in the American Revolution)
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...Benjamin Harrison, 1726?–1791, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Charles City co., Va. As a member (1749–75) of the house of burgesses......
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Morton, John (political leader in the American Revolution)
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...John Morton, c.1724–1777, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Chester co., Pa. He was a member of the Pennsylvania assembly (1756–66......
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Penn, John (1740?–1788, political leader in the American Revolution)
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...John Penn, 1740?–1788, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Caroline co., Va. A lawyer, Penn moved (1774) to North Carolina and was (1775–77, 1778–80) a delegate to the Continental Congress....
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Burnet, William (1730–91, political leader in the American Revolution)
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...William Burnet, 1730–91, political leader in the American Revolution, b. near the present Elizabeth, N.J.; father of David G. Burnet. A physician practicing in Newark, Burnet was chairman of......