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My Favorite Moments in Early US History

theselflessbeggar:

• Alexander Hamilton fucking misspelled Pennsylvania on the Deceleration of Independence
  
• Congress mocked John Adams when they read his personal diary aloud 
  
• Aaron Burr once ate ice cream too quickly, got a brain freeze, and then thought he was dying 
  
• Thomas Jefferson had a ram that he called “this abominable animal”, the ram attacked and hospitalized some pedestrians and killed a small boy. The ram was killed only after it killed some of Jefferson’s other rams 
  
• George Washington literally started the French and Indian War 
  
• Thomas Jefferson designed a macaroni machine and invented the first swivel chair
  
• George Washington was given the highest rank in the US military. When he died, he was only a two star general. Over the years after his death, more stars were added to his title; he now has six stars. By law, no one can ever outrank him 
  
• Marquis de Lafayette was convinced to join the American Revolution by King George III’s brother 
  
• John Adams died on the 4th of July, 1826. His last words were, “Thomas Jefferson still survives.” He was sooo wrong, Jefferson died around 5 hours before Adams on exactly the same day 
  
• Aaron Burr tried to light a candle with gunpowder. He failed, caught himself on fire, then tried again. Burr was literally a human disaster
  
• Alexander Hamilton had a pay book during the Revolutionary War. In the pay book, he wrote about “how in ancient Rome…naked young noblemen whipped young, married women during the celebration of Lupercalia” to help conception, and how orgies helped make “married women more robust and capable of vigorous offspring” To say he was busy during the war is an understatement
  
• Both of James Madison’s Vice-Presidents died during his presidency
  
• Marie Antoinette, knowing that Lafayette was clumsy, invited him to dance. Nervous, he tripped and she laughed at him in front of everyone