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Mount Vernon / /
Movie
Declaration of Independence / /
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Chesapeake / river Potomac / Potomac River / Mount Vernon / river Pocomoke / /
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Supreme Court / Union of the American States / Army / Congress / Virginia legislature / Convention / /
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Patrick Henry / Thomas Johnson / William Samuel Johnson / Thomas Stone / George Washington / Alexander Hamilton / Samuel Chase / George Mason / James Madison / Rufus King / Edmund Randolph / Alexander Henderson / /
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counsel / royal governor / commander in chief / first President of the United States / king / Articles executive / representative / presiding officer / Marshall / /
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New Jersey / Virginia / Maryland / New York / Connecticut / Pennsylvania / Rhode Island / South Carolina / Delaware / North Carolina / Georgia / Massachusetts / New Hampshire / /
HISTORICAL NOTE ON FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION In June 1774, the Virginia and Massachusetts assemblies independently proposed an intercolonial meeting of delegates from the several colonies to restore union and harmony