Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and Samuel and John Adams nominated Washington to become its commander-in-chief. Washington was chosen over John Hancock because of his military experience and the belief that a Virginian would better unite the colonies.
B. The Act of Toleration
1649 the Maryland Governor passed the act.
Stated that all believers in Jesus should tolerate each other. Protestantism was gaining the upper hand, in a colony founded by Catholics fleeing persecution in England and parts of Europe.
WASP: White, Anglo Saxon, Protestant was prevailing prejudice in most of the colonies. Catholics were kept out of political office, upward mobility was limited.
At any moment if the president is impeached or dies the Vice President will be the next in line.
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Ethiopia
A border incident between Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland that December gave Benito Mussolini an excuse to intervene. Rejecting all arbitration offers, the Italians invaded Ethiopia on October 3, 1935.
