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. As early as 1651 the English government had sought to regulate trade in the American colonies On October 9 the Navigation Acts were passed pursuant to a mercantilist policy intended to ensure that trade enriched only Great Britain and barring trade with foreign nations. Some argue that the economic impact was minimal on the colonists, but the political friction which the acts triggered was more serious as the merchants most directly affected were most politically active. King Philip's War ended in 1678 and much of it was fought without significant assistance from England This contributed to the development of a unique identity separate from that of the British people. Further information: New York and New Jersey campaign Staten Island Peace Conference Saratoga campaign and Philadelphia campaign, Contents Alfred Pleasonton 14.6 Primary sources On April 22 1793 during the French Revolution Washington issued his famous Neutrality Proclamation and was resolved to pursue "a conduct friendly and impartial toward the belligerent Powers" while he warned Americans not to intervene in the international conflict Although Washington recognized France's revolutionary government he would eventually ask French minister to America Citizen Genet be recalled over the Citizen Genet Affair. Genet was a diplomatic troublemaker who was openly hostile toward Washington's neutrality policy and had procured four American ships as privateers to strike at Spanish forces British allies in Florida while organizing militias to strike at other British possessions but his efforts failed to draw America into the foreign campaigns during Washington's presidency. On July 31 1793 Jefferson submitted his resignation from Washington's cabinet in March 1794 Washington signed the Naval Act which founded the U.S Navy and he commissioned the first six federal frigates to combat Barbary pirates. ! Taylor died in July 1850 and was succeeded by Vice President Fillmore who had privately come to support Clay's proposal the various bills were initially combined into one "omnibus" bill Despite Clay's efforts it failed in a crucial vote on July 31 opposed by southern Democrats and by northern Whigs He announced on the Senate floor the next day that he intended to pass each individual part of the bill the 73-year-old Clay however was physically exhausted as the effects of tuberculosis which would eventually kill him began to take their toll Clay left the Senate to recuperate in Newport Rhode Island and Senator Stephen A Douglas took the lead in attempting to pass Clay's proposals through the Senate. Finance When the Second Continental Congress convened on May 10 1775 it essentially reconstituted the First Congress Many of the same 56 delegates who attended the first meeting participated in the second. New arrivals included Benjamin Franklin and Robert Morris of Pennsylvania John Hancock of Massachusetts and John Witherspoon of New Jersey Hancock was elected Congress president two weeks into the session when Peyton Randolph was recalled to Virginia to preside over the House of Burgesses Thomas Jefferson replaced Randolph in the Virginia congressional delegation the second Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence Witherspoon was the only active clergyman to sign the Declaration He also signed the Articles of Confederation and attended the New Jersey (1787) convention that ratified the Federal Constitution, Seated suits behind a microphone, The British-built town of New Delhi represented a simultaneous break and continuity with the past the location of Delhi being where many imperial capitals were built (Indraprastha Dhillika and Shahjahanabad) but the actual capital being the new British-built town designed by Edwin Lutyens Wellington on the southwestern tip of the North Island of New Zealand replaced the much more northerly city of Auckland to place the national capital close to the South Island and hence to placate its residents many of whom had sympathies with separatism.

.. in consequence of the late disgraceful conduct of the American troops in the wanton destruction of private property on the north shores of Lake Erie in order that if the war with the United States continues you may should you judge it advisable assist in inflicting that measure of retaliation which shall deter the enemy from a repetition of similar outrages. .