The clause in section 1 of the fourteenth (14) amendment, which forces the governments to treat all American citizens equally, regardless of skin color is known as the Equal Protection Clause. This clause took effect in 1868. This clause provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction.
It was Aaron Burr who fired this fateful shot that killed Alexander Hamilton. This was a tragic event, and Burr and Hamilton had been political rivals for quite some time.
The clouds of hot ash was on its way to New England but the deadly gases it kept on collecting was making it slower and slower to get it to its "destination".
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
