Notes

George Washington and Henry Knox have formulated a policy to encourage the assimilation of Native Americans and transform their culture to European-American culture. Education is the primary method in the acculturation process for minorities and the immigrants from Europe has caused a growing public support for education to encourage a standard set of cultural values and practices for the majority of citizens to share. The six-point plan for civilization as formulated by George Washington: 1. impartial justice toward Native Americans 2. regulated buying of Native American lands 3. promotion of commerce 4. promotion of experiments to civilize or improve Native American society 5. presidential authority to give presents 6. punishing those who violated Native American rights.

From the Sons of Liberty groups grew many Committees of Safety, to discuss and spread awareness of the concerns of the time, and consisted of every male adult in the community. The local militias are under the control of the committees and the committees keep watch on the distrusted royal government of Great Britain. John Hancock has suggested that these Committees of Safety, which has been the operating government of all the colonies until the Confederation Congress, will keep control over the militia and be given power to call out mandatory militia, with penalties for failing to respond to a call-up, and provide means of defense.