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The New-England primer enlarged. For the more easy attaining the true reading of English. To which is added, the Assembly's catechism – Partially digitized object in Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University Library; 1777 ed. online at sacred-texts.com; 1843 ed. online at johansens.us; Images from the 1843 edition (archived)
1776 (released in the United Kingdom as 1776: America and Britain at War) [1] is a book written by David McCullough, published by Simon & Schuster on May 24, 2005. The work is a companion to McCullough's earlier biography of John Adams, and focuses on the events surrounding the start of the American Revolutionary War.
The 248-year-old letter was written in the same month as the Declaration of Independence was adopted. It’s going up for auction. 1776 letter by Junipero Serra outlined his plan for California ...
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[2] [3] He authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776–1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and he helped to inspire the colonial era patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain. [4] His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of human rights. [5]
The cover sheet to the French translation of the letter drafted by the First Continental Congress in 1774. The Letters to the Inhabitants of Canada were three letters written by the First and Second Continental Congresses in 1774, 1775, and 1776 to communicate directly with the population of the Province of Quebec, formerly the French province of Canada, which had no representative system at ...
The principal draft will be written by Thomas Jefferson. June 12 – American Revolution: Virginia Declaration of Rights by George Mason adopted by the Virginia Convention of Delegates. June 15 – American Revolution: Delaware Separation Day: The Delaware General Assembly votes to suspend government under the British Crown. June 17
A portrait of Major John Andre remains upside down at the '76 House in Tappan. General George Washington turned it over when Andre was hung as a spy after giving the plans of West Point to ...