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To the Canadians, the British lived far away, while Americans were the pushy neighbors next door.

Smallpox was understood to be spread by contact. In England smallpox was endemic. Washington ordered isolation of the infected and later on full vaccinations of all soldiers.

Benjamin Franklin had retired from daily participation in the printing business in 1748 to pursue his scientific interests.

These mobs called themselves the Sons of Liberty.

George II was German by birth and English was his 3rd language.

Marthhusbands a husband. Or rather husbands made life easier. A husband could manage her property and let her care for her children.

Sales of tobacco and other crops were Washington's principle source of revenue.

In a pre industrial society when numbers were essential to society's chances of survival and most children died before reaching adulthood. Women were expected to have babies, the more the better.

John Adams was a lawyer from Boston where until now he had moved in the shadow of his cousin Samuel Adams.

New York was a colony founded by the Dutch and became British decades later in the same diplomatic session that made Canada British.