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 1750 - 1800

Title page from a work on the persecution of Quakers in New England.
Proclamation of 1734 relating to two scandalous songs.
Franklin's printing of the treaty between the Provinces and the Six Nations, 1746.
Map of northern colonies, 1768.
Benjamin Franklin.
Boston Massacre
Statue of Benjamin Franklin.
John Hancock.
John Hancock .
Stamp Act protest.
Broadside against the East India Company, 1773.
Boston Tea Party
Battle at Lexington.
Bostonians in Distress.
The Bostonian's Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring and Feathering.
Patrick Henry.
Patrick Henry.
Map of territorial growth, 1775.
Legend for maps of territorial growth.
Washington Taking Control of the American Army
Battle of Lexington.
Drafting of the Declaration of Independence.
Trumbull's mural of the Declaration of Independence.
Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence.
Washington Crossing the Delaware.
Washington entering Trenton.
Washington Receiving a Salute on the Field of Trenton.
Battle of Trenton.
Washington Crossing the Delaware.
Surrender of Hessian Troops to General Washington, after Battle of Trenton.
Old State House, Boston.
Spirit of '76.
Alexander Hamilton, Captain, Provincial Company, New York.
Thomas Paine.
Thomas Paine.
First flag at Independence Hall, Philadelphia.
Samuel Adams.
Serapis vs. Bon Homme Richard.
Battle of Princeton.
Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth.
Battle of Camden, Death of De Kalb.
George Washington.
George Washington.
George Washington.
John Dickinson.
Old state house, Annapolis.
Benedict Arnold.
Battle of Guilford Court House, 1781.
Marquis de Lafayette.
Washington resigning his commission, 1783.
John Adams.
Washington at Mount Vernon.
Richard Henry Lee.
Gouverneur Morris.
Gouverneur Morris.
Cover page from The Federalist, 1788.
First page of the constitution.
Bust of Aaron Burr.
Bust of Elbridge Gerry.
Don't Tread On Me Flag.
Map of the trans-Allegheny population movement, 1790.
Alexander Hamilton.
Map of territorial growth, 1790.
Legend for maps of territorial growth.
NY Federal Hall.
Yorktown.
Surrender of Cornwallis.
Signing of the Constitution.
Thomas Jefferson.
John Adams.
Thomas Jefferson.
Bill of Rights.
Announcement of Capitol competition, 1792.
Elbridge Gerry.
Alexander Hamilton.
Benjamin Franklin.
John Jay.
John Jay.
Map of the Presidential Election of 1796.
John Adams.
Bust of John Adams.
Abigail Adams.
Braintree, Adams family home.
Independence Hall.

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Images of American Political History. Posting online by Dr. William J. Ball. All images are believed to be in the public domain. Please do not contact me for permission to use them.