This Month in the American Revolution: France Becomes Ally, Treaty of Paris Ends French and Indian War

From the American Battlefield Trust.

FEBRUARY 6, 1778

**  The United  States and France become allies.

FEBRUARY 10, 1763

**  The Treaty of Paris ends the French and Indian War.  The English drive the French from North America and the English national debt soars.  This led to the unpopular taxes in the colonies.

FEBRUARY 11, 1768

**  The Massachusetts Assembly  issues the Massachusetts Circular Letter, denouncing the Townsend Acts.

FEBRUARY 14, 1779

**  Battle of Turtle Creek, Georgia.

FEBRUARY 27, 1776

**  The Battle of  Moore's Creek, North Carolina.

--Cooter

Penny Shortage in DeKalb in 1917 Linked to War Tax

From the December 13, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917,  100 Years Ago.

"There is a reported shortage of pennies in DeKalb and while this matter is not one that will get serious, it is causing some inconvenience at the present time,

"The ticket agent at the depot announces that he was compelled to scratch around yesterday on three or four occasions to get pennies.  The war tax on so many articles is responsible for the shortage in the pennies."

Gimme Back My Pennies.  --Cooter