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...y Dyer]] is hanged in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], for defying a law banning Quakers from the colony. She is considered to be the last religious [[martyr]] in w *[[1779]] - [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Benedict Arnold]] is [[court-martial]]ed for [[malfe

...d Providence in 1636. It was granted a royal charter in 1663 and after the American Revolution began the industrialization that is still a major part of the st ...s settled in Newport in the first year of Williams' presidency (1654), and Quakers followed in large numbers. All the early settlers owned land that, followin

...hird of the total community). English retaliation effectively ended Native American resistance, except for a final uprising of the Confederacy in 1644. However ...c.1730) as did many newcomers from Pennsylvania—German Lutherans, English Quakers, Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, and a lesser number of Welsh Baptists.

| nationality=American ...When [[World War I]] started in August 1914, he helped return home 120,000 American tourists and businessmen from Europe. Hoover led five hundred volunteers to

...rge Nixon III had been killed at the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] during the [[American Civil War]] while serving in the 73rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Richard Nixo ...tier Friends Church, where he remained a member all his life. A lifelong [[American football]] fan, Nixon practiced with the team assiduously, but spent most o

...installed in both indoor and outdoor stadiums used for [[baseball]] and [[American football|football]]. More than 11,000 artificial turf playing fields have b ===American football===

...ounty, New York|Erie County]].<ref>Graff, 15; Nevins, 46</ref> With the [[American Civil War]] raging, Congress passed the [[Conscription Act of 1863]], requi ...conversely, was reviled throughout the South for his actions during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]; Thurman was generally well-liked, but was growing ol

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