Benjamin Franklin served in the Second Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Benjamin also negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary war.
Enslaved Africans resisted, or rebelled, against their position as slaves in many different ways. Each expression of resistance by enslaved individuals or groups counted as acts of rebellion against the system of slavery. The many instances of resistance show that slaves were not passive victims of slavery. Instead they proved their strength and determination in fighting for their freedom. In particular, enslaved Africans on the Caribbean plantations rebelled against their owners in many different ways.
Link to: This can be read about further in Black Resistance.
In the final days of the Second World War, on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Despite U.S. claims to the contrary, these actions were neither justified nor decisive in Japan's surrender. ... The First World War, “the war to end all wars” ended in 1918.
1779vJohn Adams appointed to negotiate peace terms with British
