On May 15, 1765, Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies.
The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. If the barracks were too small to house all the soldiers, then localities were to accommodate the soldiers in local inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualling houses and the houses of sellers of wine. "Should there still be soldiers without accommodation after all such publick houses were filled," the act read, "the colonies were then required to take, hire and make fit for the reception of his Majesty’s forces, such and so many uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings as shall be necessary."
The Quartering Act evolved into our 3rd Amendment and private property rights in the Bill of Rights.
May 14th in 1787, Congress officially adopted “President of the United States” as the form of address for a new leader.
Other options included: “His Elective Majesty," “His Mightiness," and even “His Highness, the President of the United States of America and the Protector of their Liberties."
Washington, conscious of setting the right tone for the new nation, accepted the simple, no-frills title: bit.ly/3yvHRBV
George Washington became the president of the 1787 Philadelphia Convention, we later called the Constitutional Convention. He wouldn't become the U.S. President until he was inaugurated on April 30, 1789, less than two years later.
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On May 12, 1780, American Major General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered the city of Charleston, South Carolina, and his entire army of over 5,000 men to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton. This devastating loss, the largest surrender of American forces during the Revolutionary War, followed a six-week siege that left the city isolated and under constant bombardment.
The British successfully trapped the American army and brought over 13,500 soldiers/sailors to bear against the city.The British captured more than 3,000 Continental soldiers, militia, and sailors, alongside massive amounts of equipment and munitions, effectively crippling the American cause in the South. Along with the entire Southern Department, the 2nd Virginia was captured when the city surrendered on May 12, 1780, resulting in the loss of a significant portion of the Virginia Continental line.
It was considered the worst American defeat of the war, allowing the British to temporarily gain control over South Carolina and shift their focus to subduing the Southern colonies.