Behavioral Health Response

William Henry Drayton South Carolina 1 Yes, After the declaration of war on May 13 1846 U.S forces invaded Mexican territory on two main fronts the U.S War Department sent a U.S Cavalry force under Stephen W Kearny to invade western Mexico from Jefferson Barracks and Fort Leavenworth reinforced by a Pacific fleet under John D Sloat This was done primarily because of concerns that the British might also try to seize the area Two more forces one under John E Wool and the other under Taylor were ordered to occupy Mexico as far south as the city of Monterrey, Strong governors with veto power over the legislature and substantial appointment authority. . Early in 1775 in response to the growing rebellious movement including the Boston Tea Party Parliament sent British troops commanded by General Thomas Gage to occupy Boston disband the local provincial government and quell the growing state of rebellion the British set up fortifications about the city making it impervious to attack in response various state militias surrounded the city and effectively trapped the British resulting in a standoff. The Marine Barracks near Capitol Hill houses the United States Marine Band; founded in 1798 it is the country's oldest professional musical organization. American march composer and Washington-native John Philip Sousa led the Marine Band from 1880 until 1892. Founded in 1925 the United States Navy Band has its headquarters at the Washington Navy Yard and performs at official events and public concerts around the city. Washington has a strong local theater tradition Founded in 1950 Arena Stage achieved national attention and spurred growth in the city's independent theater movement that now includes organizations such as the Shakespeare Theatre Company Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and the Studio Theatre. Arena Stage opened its newly renovated home in the city's emerging Southwest waterfront area in 2010 the GALA Hispanic Theatre now housed in the historic Tivoli Theatre in Columbia Heights was founded in 1976 and is a National Center for the Latino Performing Arts, Seven (Fitzsimons Gorham Luther Martin Mifflin Robert Morris Pierce and Wilson) suffered serious financial reversals that left them in or near bankruptcy Robert Morris spent three of the last years of his life imprisoned following bad land deals. Two Blount and Dayton were involved in possibly treasonous activities Yet as they had done before the convention most of the group continued to render public service particularly to the new government they had helped to create; In his 1985 statewide study of black slaveholders in South Carolina Larry Koger challenged the benevolent view He found that the majority of black slaveholders appeared to hold at least some of their slaves for commercial reasons for instance he noted that in 1850 more than 80 percent of black slaveholders were of mixed race but nearly 90 percent of their slaves were classified as black. Koger also noted that many South Carolina free blacks operated small businesses as skilled artisans and many owned slaves working in those businesses, Politics 5.1 Institutions formed by Founders, Historian Richard B Morris in 1973 identified the following seven figures as key Founding Fathers: John Adams Benjamin Franklin Alexander Hamilton John Jay Thomas Jefferson James Madison and George Washington. Jefferson Madison and Washington were slave owners Franklin Hamilton and Jay were leading opponents of slavery Adams Jefferson and Franklin were members of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence Hamilton Madison and Jay were authors of the Federalist Papers advocating ratification of the Constitution the constitutions drafted by Jay and Adams for their respective states of New York (1777) and Massachusetts (1780) were heavily relied upon when creating language for the U.S Constitution. Jay Adams and Franklin negotiated the Treaty of Paris (1783) that would end the American Revolutionary War. Washington was commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and was president of the Constitutional Convention All held additional important roles in the early government of the United States with Washington Adams Jefferson and Madison serving as president Jay was the nation's first chief justice Hamilton was the first secretary of the treasury and Franklin was America's most senior diplomat and later the governmental leader of Pennsylvania.

Henry Laurens South Carolina 1 Yes In his 1885 memoirs Ulysses Grant wrote:, Black and white photo of Mary Todd Lincoln's shoulders and head! Effective abolition of slavery by Mexican or joint US/British authority, In response Massachusetts patriots issued the Suffolk Resolves and formed an alternative shadow government known as the "Provincial Congress" which began training militia outside British-occupied Boston in September 1774 the First Continental Congress convened consisting of representatives from each of the colonies to serve as a vehicle for deliberation and collective action During secret debates conservative Joseph Galloway proposed the creation of a colonial Parliament that would be able to approve or disapprove of acts of the British Parliament but his idea was not accepted the Congress instead endorsed the proposal of John Adams that Americans would obey Parliament voluntarily but would resist all taxes in disguise Congress called for a boycott beginning on 1 December 1774 of all British goods; it was enforced by new committees authorized by the Congress.