• The 1776-1976 Bicentennial half-dollars are special coin versions designed to commemorate the declaration of independence. (exploreisrael.com)
  • In May 1776, two months before the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, Adams spearheaded passage of a Resolution requesting each of the thirteen 'United Colonies' to adopt its own new form of government. (mariasmaths.com)
  • The war often known in Europe as the Seven Years War was known in North America as the French and Indian War. (whatiftees.com)
  • It involved several countries, with France and Britain on opposing sides, and North America was one of its many theatres of operations. (whatiftees.com)
  • It was ended by the 1763 Treaty of Paris, by which the French ceded territory to Britain in North America and elsewhere. (whatiftees.com)
  • Narrative of the Campaign of 1781 in North America , 1783. (wikipedia.org)
  • There is British North America. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Becoming America: The Revolution Before 1776 Fr. (mariasmaths.com)
  • Here was a society that turned protest into revolution and made itself many times during the next centuries - a society that, for 90 years before 1776, was already becoming America. (mariasmaths.com)
  • Stressing the middle and late decades (the hitherto "dark ages") of the American colonial experience, Butler shows us vast revolutionary changes in a society that, for ninety years before 1776, was already becoming America. (harvard.edu)
  • The military career of Benedict Arnold in 1775 and 1776 covers many of the military actions that occurred in the northernmost Thirteen Colonies early in the American Revolutionary War. (wikipedia.org)
  • On April 21, 1775, news reached New Haven of the opening battles of the revolution at Lexington and Concord. (wikipedia.org)
  • In mid-1775, patriot representatives of the 13 colonies of America, meeting in Philadelphia as the Continental Congress, appointed George Washington , a well-to-do Virginia landowner, as commander in chief of its military forces. (whatiftees.com)
  • Colonel Samuel Wyllys' regiment of 1775 , previously General Spencer's, as re-organized for service in the Continental army for the year 1776. (americanwars.org)
  • Although primarily focused on preservation of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Campaign 1776 will also target battlegrounds associated with the War of 1812 (1812-1814) - the conflicts that established and confirmed American independence from Great Britain. (blogspot.com)
  • This is the second of two volumes detailing Pennsylvania's battalions and line during the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783. (psupress.org)
  • It turns out that the initial vote for independence took place on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress passed the Lee Resolution calling for independence. (historynet.com)
  • At least 23 other declarations of independence, ranging from Haiti to Rhodesia, drew inspiration from the American document. (historynet.com)
  • When North Carolina and Virginia empowered their delegates to vote for American independence, Virginian Richard Henry Lee offered a resolution stating that the colonies "are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States. (unt.edu)
  • In part the deterioration of relations between Britain and her American colonies - which eventually led to the War of Independence - stemmed from a logical British attempt to make the colonies contribute more to the cost of their own defence. (whatiftees.com)
  • Like the country at large though, most of Congress seemed to be moving toward acceptance of American independence. (amrevpodcast.com)
  • Introducing our 1776 Americana Liberty And Freedom Stencil - Unleash Your Creativity for Independence Day Crafts! (stencilmepretty.com)
  • (Princeton, N.J.) - Nearly 240 years after the "shot heard 'round the world" signaled the beginning of the journey toward American independence, historians and preservationists gathered in Princeton, N.J., to launch the first-ever national initiative to protect and interpret the battlefields of the Revolutionary War. (blogspot.com)
  • The patriots who fell during the struggle for American independence deserve to have their sacrifices remembered and honored just as much as those who took up arms 'four score and seven years' later during the Civil War," said Trust president James Lighthizer. (blogspot.com)
  • Those unspoiled landscapes that remain are precious reminders of the struggle to achieve independence and create a republic dedicated to the liberty of ordinary people," said Jack Warren, executive director of the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati. (blogspot.com)
  • This lecture broadens the horizons on the meaning of American independence, expanding the map from the Sons of Liberty in Boston to the Black Boys on the western frontier. (arrtop.org)
  • Join us on Monday, February 24, 2020 as we welcome back Patrick Spero who will be talking about his book on Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West 1765-1776 . (arrtop.org)
  • Shifting the vision away from eastern ports like Boston and Philadelphia to the 'dark and bloody ground' of the Pennsylvania frontier, offers a compelling and important new interpretation of the roots of the American Revolution, one that reveals that the independence of the new United States would come at a terrible cost to North America's Indian peoples. (arrtop.org)
  • In this dramatic story, we recapture the significance and gravity of this struggle for independence on the early American frontier. (arrtop.org)
  • A fast-paced read examining an overlooked conflict, Frontier Rebels brings to life a forgotten cast of characters and sheds new light on the origins of American Independence. (arrtop.org)
  • His is the author of Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West, 1765-1776 (Norton, 2018), of Frontier Country: The Politics of War in Early Pennsylvania and The American Revolution Reborn: New Perspectives for the Twenty-First Centur y , an edited anthology also from Penn Press. (arrtop.org)
  • In fact, Gadsden was the first in South Carolina to support American Independence from England. (planetcharleston.com)
  • On March 26, 1776, South Carolina seceded from Great Britain, declaring its independence on the steps of the Exchange building. (planetcharleston.com)
  • As the American Revolution was the first to succeed and to achieve independence, nations all over the world have been profoundly influenced by how democracy and equality have been part of their policy. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • A typical uncirculated 1776-1976 Bicentennial quarter with either no mintmark or the 'D' mintmark is worth between 40 cents to $1.25. (exploreisrael.com)
  • Each 1776-1976 Bicentennial half-dollar coin will differ slightly according to where it was minted. (exploreisrael.com)
  • 1976 George Washington .500 Gold Bicentennial Coin-1776-1976-50% Fine. (exploreisrael.com)
  • Obverse: Thomas Jefferson / American Revolution Bicentennial. (exploreisrael.com)
  • The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to historical events leading up to the creation of the United States of America as an independent republic. (exploreisrael.com)
  • American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976. (loc.gov)
  • It turns out that between the initial votes held on July 2 and July 4, there was a lot of debate over the actual wording of the document that would outline the reasons the American colonies were severing ties with Great Britain. (historynet.com)
  • During the American Revolution, the island is used as an asylum for Tory sympathizers (American colonists loyal to Great Britain during the war). (nps.gov)
  • Butler argues persuasively that America during the late colonial period…displayed distinctive traits of modern America, among them vigorous religious pluralism, bewildering ethnic diversity, tremendous inequalities of wealth, and a materialistic society with pervasively commercial values. (harvard.edu)
  • Wood argues that America may be deemed "radical" like other major political revolutions in history because it produces dramatic social as well as political transformation. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • Harold Hutchison (11/28/2023) This Week in History - 1776 The American Revolution . (historynet.com)
  • HistoryNet Retrieved from https://www.historynet.com/this-week-in-history-1776-the-american-revolution/ . (historynet.com)
  • This time line is drawn largely from the work of Richard B. Morris, in particular his Encyclopedia of American History . (unt.edu)
  • Read More 10 Most Valuable Case Knives (Most Expensive Rare One Sold For $2.1 Million)Continue, When you say a dime you know you are talking about the smallest circulating coin and something, Read More The Comprehensive Dimes Worth Money List (1894-S 10C Branch Mint PR66 Sold on Jan 7, 2016 For $1,997,500)Continue, 1963 is one of the most historic and important years in American history. (exploreisrael.com)
  • Provides a transnational view of US history, one of the very first reference works to take this perspective, by focusing on the role of Americans and the US in the world, while also analyzing how the world has influenced the US and Americans. (gale.com)
  • Through Campaign 1776, we are lending our expertise in heritage land preservation to a fuller spectrum of American history. (blogspot.com)
  • He compared it to the spring of 1776, a defining moment in American history. (americanvoterpolls.com)
  • As a scholar of early American history, Dr. Spero specializes in the era of the American Revolution. (arrtop.org)
  • Prior to his appointment at the American Philosophical Society, Dr. Spero taught at Williams College where he served on the faculty of the History and Leadership Studies Department and received recognition for his integration of new technology in the classroom. (arrtop.org)
  • He currently serves on the board of the Abraham Lincoln Foundation and the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, the Council of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, the Cabinet of George Washington's Presidential Library at Mount Vernon, and on the Academic Advisory Board of Benjamin Franklin's House in London. (arrtop.org)
  • This reference contains information about the American Revolution and its impact upon world history found on the Internet and discussed by your editor. (history1700s.com)
  • The second ship to be so named by the Navy, Lee was a galley cutter built under direction of General Benedict Arnold at Skenesboro, New York, in 1776 for service on Lake Champlain. (revwartalk.com)
  • Major Patrick Ferguson earned his nickname for his dogged determination to remain in the American Revolutionary War and bring the upstart Patriots to heel. (historynet.com)
  • Here are Britain's mainland American colonies after 1680, in the process of becoming the first modern society - a society the earliest colonists never imagined, a 'new order of the ages' that anticipated the American revolution, Jon Butler's panoramic view of the colonies in this epoch transforms our customary picture of pre-Revolutionary America. (mariasmaths.com)
  • Stressing the middle and late decades (the hitherto 'dark ages') of the American colonial experience, and emphasising the importance of the middle and southern colonies as well as New England, this book shows us vast revolutionary changes before 1776 among a fantastically diverse assortment of peoples. (mariasmaths.com)
  • In 1776 New Jersey declared itself an independent state and joined the colonial side in the Revolutionary War. (mariasmaths.com)
  • Campaign 1776 had its origins when representatives of the National Park Service (NPS) approached the Civil War Trust about expanding into Revolutionary War and War of 1812 preservation, in light of pending federal legislation that would create a unified pool of government matching grant funding for the protection of battlefields from all three conflicts. (blogspot.com)
  • Matthew Keagle, curator of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum, discusses the 1776 reforms on French military dress during the Revolutionary War and their subsequent reactions. (americanrevolutioninstitute.org)
  • A little-known rebellion that erupted in western Pennsylvania a decade before Lexington and Concord to expose pre-revolutionary America in all its ambiguity. (arrtop.org)
  • Each meeting we raffle off a number of American Revolutionary themed books. (arrtop.org)
  • Ideas of democracy, equality, justice and natural law were first thought to be fully applied in order to reform the old American Revolutionary systems. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • Autographs 1778 Revolutionary War Massachusetts Partially-Printed Militia Appointment at Watertown with 'Minuteman' Seal (AMERICAN REVOLUTION). (liveauctioneers.com)
  • American Revolution c 1780-1800 British Military Officers Fusil / Militia Musket c. 1780-1800 Revolutionary War to Federal Period, British Military Officer's Fusil or Militia Musket, Choice Very Fine. (liveauctioneers.com)
  • and the reactions of the world's nations to America's rise, 1776 to the present. (gale.com)
  • The war was between Britain and America because of trading problems and America's desire to uphold its national honor. (timetoast.com)
  • A gripping graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Leo Trinidad.Nathaniel Fox never imagined he'd find himself in the middle of a blood-soaked battlefield, fighting for his life. (fantasticbookfairs.com)
  • He then directed the construction of a fleet to defend Lake Champlain, which was defeated in the October 1776 Battle of Valcour Island. (wikipedia.org)
  • Many people consider the Battle of Trenton to be the turning point of the Revolution. (mariasmaths.com)
  • When the two columns of the Continental Army slammed into Trenton at 8 a.m. on Thursday, December 26, surrounding and capturing most of the Hessian garrison, new life was breathed into a faltering revolution. (allthingsliberty.com)
  • Detail from "Plan of the operations of General Washington against the King's troops in New Jersey, from the 26th of December 1776 to the 3d of January 1777," c. 1777, showing the three river crossings north of Trenton and the two columns making the attack. (allthingsliberty.com)
  • In late 1776, Washington's greatest fear was that a hard freeze of the Delaware River would enable the British to march across and capture the colonial capital at Philadelphia. (allthingsliberty.com)
  • Americans today think of the colonial period, if at all, as a time remote from modern America, in which society was unimaginably different from ours. (harvard.edu)
  • The American Revolution was the first effective revolution against a European empire and provided a blueprint for many other colonial peoples who realized that they too could split and become independently governed nations. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • Early in 1776, while in the midst of overseeing his army's siege of British-held Boston, General George Washington received at his headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, an anonymous letter from a citizen on the fringes of the British colonial empire. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • But when the concept of a Federal Republic was proposed, there was intense suspicion, some of the strongest coming from ardent patriots of the Revolution itself, for instance Patrick Henry. (friendsof1776.com)
  • More encouraging was a meeting in February 1776 with representatives of the native peoples of Nova Scotia, who expressed solidarity with the American cause. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Ramaswamy hopes that this energy can be harnessed to revive the shared ideals that unite us as Americans. (americanvoterpolls.com)
  • This group of highly educated, wealthy aristocrats instigated the revolution against Britain, built the American system of government from scratch, and introduced American ideals that would resonate with the rest of the world. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • The recent Union victory in the American Civil War reaffirms the United States' ideals of freedom and democracy, serving as a platform for Laboulaye to argue that honoring the United States would strengthen the cause for democracy in France. (nps.gov)
  • The new effort, titled 'Campaign 1776,' is a project of the Civil War Trust, the nation's most successful battlefield preservation advocate. (blogspot.com)
  • Campaign 1776 will employ the same proven strategy of harnessing public-private partnerships to permanently protect hallowed ground that has made the Civil War Trust one of the country's top charitable land conservation organizations. (blogspot.com)
  • In addition to announcing Campaign 1776, Lighthizer also revealed the first preservation project of the new national initiative: a fundraising campaign to save 4.6 historic acres on the Princeton Battlefield. (blogspot.com)
  • Not only will Campaign 1776 allow battlefields from those earlier eras to take advantage of the Civil War Trust's specialized professional expertise, but it will demonstrate to the American people the urgent need to protect those tangible links to our past. (blogspot.com)
  • Arnold, who was promoted to brigadier general for his role in reaching Quebec, maintained an ineffectual siege of the city until he was replaced by Major General David Wooster in April 1776. (wikipedia.org)
  • As recounted by historian Ernest Clarke in his book The Siege of Fort Cumberland 1776 , the delegation-Jonathan Eddy, Isaiah Boudreau and Samuel Rogers-met several times with the general in a building at Harvard College. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • A procession through town attracting some two thousand people was followed by a mock funeral for American Liberty. (planetcharleston.com)
  • Native Americans inhabit the land that is now Liberty Island. (nps.gov)
  • Horatio Gates, the American hero of Saratoga (and nemesis of Washington) was stationed there as a young British officer. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • special relationship ' between Britain and America, as well as the notion of the unbreakable connections between both, bear witness to a link that at one time was very close indeed. (whatiftees.com)
  • Britain and her American colonies at this time seemed very close, both culturally and politically - and it is remarkable how this rosy picture changed so quickly. (whatiftees.com)
  • America celebrates its birthday on July 4, but believe it or not, what many Americans popularly perceive as our nation's birthday is not really our nation's birthday. (historynet.com)
  • Cortez's conquer over the Aztecs resulted in the downfall of the indigeneous tribes of the Americas, a loss of culture and a beginning of enslavement of the Native Americans. (timetoast.com)
  • Occupation, war, and disease during colonization force the Native Americans to move both north and west. (nps.gov)
  • The Cady's Regiment (1776), a militia unit from Massachusetts, fought in support of the American cause. (revwartalk.com)
  • The Americans and British fought 100 battles, both large and small, here. (mariasmaths.com)
  • John Rutledge addressed both houses of the legislature, saying, "The eyes of Europe, nay of the whole world, are on America… the eyes of every other Colony are on this… a Colony, whose reputation for generosity and magnanimity is universally acknowledged. (planetcharleston.com)
  • For 200 years, historians have been debating the question of why Nova Scotia never became the 14th colony to join the American Revolution. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • That, too, was a colony at the start of the American Revolution-as were far-off Newfoundland and tiny Saint John's Island (today known as Prince Edward's Island). (smithsonianmag.com)
  • In March 1776, a delegation of Nova Scotians eager to lead a rebellion in their colony arrived at Washington's headquarters in Cambridge just as the British were evacuating Boston. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Lauren has brought her signature warmth and exhaustive research to topics such as the battle of D-Day, the American Revolution, Hurricane Katrina, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and other world events. (countrybookshelf.com)
  • When the British moved south, the American flotilla met them in the Battle of Valcour Island 11 October 1776. (revwartalk.com)
  • During the American Revolution , British forces under General William Howe defeat Patriot forces under General George Washington at the Battle of Brooklyn (also known as the Battle of Long Island) in New York. (history.com)
  • At the Battle of Brooklyn, the Americans suffered 1,000 casualties to the British loss of only 400 men. (history.com)
  • The American people have been glutenous from the birth of its nation. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • Disregarding the overwhelming obesity rate, the American people have always been glutenous regarding anything, especially politics. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • The city and the province attracted the interest and presence of some now-familiar names on both sides of the impending Revolution. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Patrick Spero is the Librarian and Director of the American Philosophical Society Library in Philadelphia. (arrtop.org)
  • In a fiery interview with Tucker Carlson, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy shared his thoughts on the current state of America. (americanvoterpolls.com)
  • The Declaration then made its way worldwide, with copies being published in England by August 1776. (historynet.com)
  • He'd barely paid attention to the troubles between America and England. (countrybookshelf.com)
  • After the events of the American Revolution, and the rising tensions between the United States, England, and France, federal dollars are appropriated to construct fortifications on Bedloe's Island. (nps.gov)
  • Dr. Spero has also held the position of Historian at the David Library of the Revolution and served on their Board of Trustees. (arrtop.org)
  • He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009 and has held long-term fellowships from the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, the Society of the Cincinnati, the Doris Quinn Foundation, the David Library of the American Revolution, and the American Philosophical Society. (arrtop.org)
  • The American Dream is a world famous concept so often associated with something positive, but is there a darker side to this idea of freedom? (lu.se)
  • Rue experiences the flip side of the American Dream--the nightmare of being on your own in an unforgiving world. (lu.se)
  • In early 1776 Wilson attempted to get on that bandwagon by drafting An Address to the Inhabitants of the Colonies which I admit in the broad scheme of things is pretty forgettable. (amrevpodcast.com)
  • How patriot spies-and their commander-used a secret "medicine" factory to send coded messages during the American Revolution. (historynet.com)
  • Robert Edward Lee was an American general who was commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. (liveauctioneers.com)
  • The set includes key figures from John Adams and the Marquis de Lafayette to Bob Dylan and Barack Obama, and also covers organizations like IBM and the RAND Corporation, the American Colonization Society and the Red Cross, along with topics exploring social and cultural themes, such as Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West, Captain America, Americanization, Exceptionalism, and the Lost Generation. (gale.com)
  • American General Henry Knox arrived in Boston with cannons he had moved with great difficulty from Fort Ticonderoga, New York. (unt.edu)
  • British and American forces met at White Plains, New York, where the British captured an important fortification. (unt.edu)
  • Instead, he's been worked to the bone by his cruel uncle.But when his uncle's rage forces him to flee home suddenly, Nate finds himself in New York City, in the middle of the American Revolution. (fantasticbookfairs.com)
  • He holds a Bachelors degree from Cornell University, a Masters in American Material Culture from the Winterthur Museum, and earned his Ph.D. from the Bard Graduate Center in New York. (americanrevolutioninstitute.org)
  • Many ideas were taken into account when the Americans rose up against Europe, all of which had historically been important factors. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • The emphasis on global perspectives brings fresh insights to such domestic topics as the Texas Republic, Wounded Knee, the Department of Homeland Security, and Martin Luther King, Jr. The entry on King, for example, answers the following questions: how did he develop and articulate a global vision of the struggle against colonialism and imperialism during his years of fight against segregation in America? (gale.com)
  • Delegates were very different from the familiar leaders of our revolution. (friendsof1776.com)