Brief Life History of Rebecca
Rebecca Webber was born in 1784, in United States. She married Nicholas Bresee about 1802. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died about 1825, in Philipsville, Rideau Lakes Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 42.
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Somerset): occupational name for a weaver, from Middle English webber, an agent derivative of Webb .
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Weber ‘weaver’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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