An important court case involving [BLANK-1] paved the way fo…
An important court case involving [BLANK-1] paved the way for freedom of the press in the American colonies and ultimately contributed to American independence through the rise of critical coverage of current events in colonial newspapers.
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[BLANK-1] was a printed pattern used to promote the idea of intercolonial unity at the Albany Conference, in 1754. The image featured a rattlesnake that had been chopped into several pieces (representing the British American colonies) and it offered the simple message: “Join, or Die.” The message was intended to encourage British American colonists to form a loose confederation (patterned after the Iroquois Confederacy) for defense against the French and to foster greater intercolonial trade. The message failed to convince American Colonial legislatures, however, as every colony refused to adopt the Albany Plan of forming a loose American confederation. This demonstrates that the American colonies were not interested in forming a “United States” as late as 1754.
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Perhaps the most serious crisis faced by the newly formed United States came in 1783, during [BLANK-1], when General Horatio Gates and others met to suggest that the Continental Army attempt a coup d’état (to illegitimately overthrow the government by a military takeover) so that soldiers would receive their full pensions for their service during the American Revolution. George Washington used his popularity and reputation with the army to dissuade them from this action and end the coup attempt. By preventing the coup, Washington not only saved the new nation from likely failure, he established the important and longstanding U.S. trend of military subordination to civilian authority.
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