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  2. Free Quakers - Wikipedia

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    More commonly known as Free Quakers, the Society was founded by members of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, who had been expelled for failure to adhere to the Peace Testimony during the American Revolutionary War. Many of its early members were prominent Quakers involved in the American Revolution before the society was established.

  3. Quakers in the American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The American Revolution created a difficult situation for many of these Friends, informally known as "Quakers," as their nonviolent religious tenets often conflicted with the emerging political and nationalistic ideals of their homeland. Early in the conflict's history, Quakers participated in the revolutionary movement through nonviolent ...

  4. Category:Conflicts in 1830 - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Belgian Revolution (3 C, 22 P) C. ... Pages in category "Conflicts in 1830" The following 20 pages are in this category, out ...

  5. History of the Quakers - Wikipedia

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    More commonly known as Free Quakers, the Society was founded by Quakers who had been expelled for failure to adhere to the Peace Testimony during the American Revolution. [46] Notable Free Quakers at the early meetings include Lydia Darragh and Betsy Ross. After 1783, the number of Free Quakers began to dwindle as some members died and others ...

  6. Revolutions of 1830 - Wikipedia

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    Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution.. The Revolutions of 1830 were a revolutionary wave in Europe which took place in 1830. It included two "romantic nationalist" revolutions, the Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the July Revolution in France along with rebellions in Congress Poland, Italian states, Portugal and ...

  7. 1st Pennsylvania Regiment - Wikipedia

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    By the Battle of Boston and by regulation at Valley Forge, blue coats with red facings were issued to the regiment, while most of the regiment's Riflemen continued to wear hunting shirts until wars end. The regiment served in the New York and New Jersey campaign, seeing action at the battles of Trenton, Assunpink Creek and Princeton.

  8. List of wars: 1800–1899 - Wikipedia

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    This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899. Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.

  9. Pacifism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Quaker intellectuals and activists played a major role in developing an anti-war Peace Position and spreading the word in the new nation. In the Civil War (1861–1865), the destruction of slavery was a higher priority than pacifism. About a fourth of young Quakers fought in the army, and most supported the Civil War with taxes. [6] [7]