This year, homeowners nationwide will host millions of houseguests with insatiable appetites. These intruders always turn up uninvited and threaten to eat their unsuspecting hosts “out of house and home.” But unlike rowdy relatives who loudly overstay their welcome, these ambitious guests will invade quietly, maintaining a hidden lifestyle and thriving unnoticed for many years. The pests are termites, a…
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The American Revolution
The American Revolution was a civil war between Loyalists to the British crown (aka Tories, about one fifth of the population), supported by British expeditionary forces, and Patriots (or Whigs) in the 13 colonies that constituted British North America. About 20-25% of the populace in the colonies – c. 600,000 – were blacks. About one third of the white denizens…
The Bank Of The United States
A national bank is an essential part of this nation’s economy! It can further strengthen the ties between rich Americans and the federal government.1 It has stabilized this nation’s economy, united the country, and improved trade between the colonies. As you already know, Alexander Hamilton became the first Secretary of the Treasury in 1789. On December 14,1790, he formally proposed…