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2 days ago · The road to revolution had been paved by a series of events, including the Boston Tea Party in 1773, the Intolerable Acts of 1774, and the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775. As John Adams wrote in a letter to his wife, Abigail, on July 3, 1776, "The second day of July 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America.
4 days ago · On July 9, 1776, a copy of the Declaration of Independence was delivered to George Washington’s headquarters at Number One Broadway. At 6pm that evening Washington ordered several of the city...
4 days ago · Although a slaveholder, Jefferson wrote eloquently about freedom for the colonists. Even though it was not an official part of the U.S. Constitution, promulgated years later, the Declaration of Independence captures many of the chief ideals of the American revolutionaries and demonstrates the depth of their belief in "unalienable rights."
2 days ago · On January 5, 1776, New Hampshire ratified the first state constitution. In May 1776, Congress voted to suppress all forms of crown authority, to be replaced by locally created authority. New Jersey, South Carolina, and Virginia created their constitutions before July 4.
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5 days ago · On September 21, 1776, a fifth of New York City burned to the ground, right before the British soldiers’ eyes. But for almost 250 years, most New York City historians either ignored the Great...
1 day ago · David Hume (/ h juː m /; born David Home; 7 May NS [26 April OS] 1711 – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism.
1 day ago · First codified in the English Bill of Rights of 1689 (but there only applying to Protestants), this right was enshrined in fundamental laws of several American states during the Revolutionary era, including the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776.
