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☆☆☆☆☆George Washington was elected as president of the constitution convention.
He was nominated for the position by Robert Morris of Pennsylvania.
George Washington was elected President of the Constitutional Convention. He would go on to serve as the country's 1st President.
Britain and France had been in an on-again-off-again series of wars for the better part of two centuries at the time, with the most recent example being what was called in Europe the Seven Years' War and in North America the French and Indian War. The government of France saw the revolution as a chance to weaken Britain in North America and divert British forces from Europe at little risk to France itself.
What the government of France did not see was that supporting democracy thousands of miles away might come back to bite them in the butt in a few years, when their own citizens noticed how well it was working out for the United States and decided they'd like some too. France supported the colonists because they opposed England.
running businesses and homes
To run businesses and homes
The African-Americans tried to escape from the South because the South had slave states. They tried to get to the North because those were free states.
Strongest in New York and Boston
Paul Revere and Samuel Adams were successful in portraying the Boston Tea Party.
African-Americans fought mostly for the patriots in the American Revolution.
Forming organizations to help one another
Answer this question…The Townshend Acts were passedThe proclamation line was set.The Boston Massacre occurred.
