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The Convention Parliament

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Post date December 16, 2022
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On December 16, 1689, England’s Convention Parliament began, not only transferring power from one king to another, but establishing procedures and rights.

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On December 19, 1776, Tom Paine published one of a series of pamphlets in the Pennsylvania Journal titled The American Crisis. Exactly one year later, George Washington’s Continental Army went into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

On December 19, 1828, Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun penned the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, arguing against the Tariff of 1828, a key moment in what became known as the Nullification Crisis.

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