History of North America

The Potsdam Declaration was a July 26, 1945 ultimatum issued by the United States, Great Britain, and China that demanded the unconditional surrender of Japan during World War II, warning of prompt and utter destruction if it refused. The island empire ignored the warning and refused to surrender.
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In July 1945, the USA warned Japan of a powerful new weapon, but the Island nation ignored the many warnings—refusing to surrender. The American military dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9), bringing about the end of World War II (1939-45), thereby potentially saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of American military personnel, as well as Japanese soldiers and civilians over the course of a drawn out invasion of the Japanese islands.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) written in the form of an extended letter to his son, William Franklin (1730-1813). Ben kept good records of his life and travels, and although he was never President, he still played a crucial part in American history.
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A series of 16 influential political pamphlets published between 1776 and 1783 during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) titled The American Crisis, or simply The Crisis, by eighteenth-century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine — an Englishman living in the colonies who signed his essays anonymously as "Common Sense," the title of his earlier influential work. Each essay, bolstered the morale of the American colonists to fight hard for their independence, appealed to the English to support the colonist's cause, clarified the issues at stake, and denounced any type of negotiated peace. The essays were gathered into one volume in 1882, showcasing the iconic opening line: "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."
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To capitalize on the North American fur trade and to expand French colonies, Samuel Champlain—who championed the colonization efforts of New France, which were at that time centered on the Saint Lawrence River valley and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence—worked tirelessly to make sure the French colonies survived amid political and corporate changes of power. Let’s learn more about this Titan of History’s last years. E241.
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