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21 ore fa · James Madison (March 16, 1751 [b] – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was popularly acclaimed the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the ...
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Monroe
1 giorno fa · Houston helped organize the Convention of 1836, where the Republic of Texas declared independence from Mexico, and appointed him as Commander-in-Chief of the Texas Army. Shortly after the declaration, the convention received a plea for assistance from William B. Travis, who commanded Texan forces under siege by Santa Anna at the Alamo.
- 1813–1818 (U.S. Army), 1835–1836 (Texan Army)
- Edward Clark
3 giorni fa · This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1836. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland ).
3 giorni fa · Annapolis Convention Resolution | Teaching American History. 1786. Study Questions. No study questions. Meeting at the suggestion of James Madison in Annapolis, Maryland beginning on September 11, 1786, the Annapolis Convention was held to discuss some issues of interstate trade.
1 giorno fa · 120 "Steam Navigation," Bristol Mercury, 9 January 1836, British Library Newspapers. “Steam Between England and the Levant,” The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce, October 1842, British Library Newspapers. "Documents relating to Steam Navigation in the Pacific," 1836, BT 2/1, National Archives, Kew.
3 giorni fa · Southern Baptism Convention, the largest Baptist group in the United States, organized at Augusta, Georgia, in 1845 by Southern Baptists who disagreed with the antislavery stance of Northern Baptists. It has long been by far the largest American Protestant body, and it is now among the most ethnically diverse.
5 giorni fa · October 27, 1806–August 27, 1890. Texas revolutionary Juan Seguín was a politician, a soldier, a businessman, even a suspected traitor. Yet he was also a hero and an honored veteran. The contradictions of Seguín's life illustrate how complicated loyalty was during the struggle for Texas independence—especially for Tejano citizens of the ...
