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- History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
7: ...lonies, taking over governmental functions previously exercised by the King and Parliament of Great Br...
9: ...usion of his charges against George III regarding slavery.
27: ...ty, led the British to evacuate Boston, March 17, 1776.
29: On July 4, [[1776]], the Second [[Continental Congress]], still mee...
45: ...ell as a two house legislature. The national legislature, or Congress, envisioned by the Congress emb...
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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
10: ...cheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
3: ...] in [[Africa]], but was captured and sold into [[slavery]] at the age of 7. Around 1760 she was purch...
14: ...d Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and Slave'' (Boston: Published by Geo. W. Light, 1834), ...
16: ...Washington-history's most famous piece of work-in 1776
19: * [[Slave narrative]], [[African-American literature]] - Sophie Germain (4906 bytes)
3: '''Marie-Sophie Germain''' ([[April 1]], [[1776]] – [[June 27]], [[1831]]) was a [[France|F... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ... the economic and cultural elite of the [[slavery|slave]]-owning planters of [[Virginia]]. His parents...
37: ... He did not support colonial independence until [[1776]], when he read [[Thomas Paine]]'s ''[[Common Sen...
43: ...sive there. Washington lost the [[Battle of Long Island]] on [[August 22]] but managed to retreat, sav...
45: On the night of [[December 25]], [[1776]], Washington led the American forces across the ...
47: ...r 11]] and succeeded in his task. An attempt to dislodge the British, the [[Battle of Germantown]], fa... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
10: ...is wealth, Hancock remained, ethically and virtuously, the same. With his generosity, he was regarded ...
15: ...a. In [[1768]], upon arriving from England, his [[sloop]] ''Liberty'' was impounded by British customs...
19: ...ing the British. In the same year, he was unanimously elected president of the Provisional Congress of...
25: ...ncock sent Washington a copy of the [[July 4]], [[1776]] congressional resolution calling for independen... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
31: ... their representatives; in August 1765 he anonymously contributed four notable articles to the [[Bosto...
33: ...diers; but two soldiers were found guilty of [[manslaughter]]. These claimed benefit of [[clergy]] and...
37: ...he Congress until their adoption on [[July 2]], [[1776]].
39: On [[June 8]], [[1776]], he was appointed on a committee with [[Thomas ...
48: ... had been authorized to execute the duties previously assigned to Laurens, and secured the recognition... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
18: ...itect]], [[Archaeology|archaeologist]], [[slavery|slaveowner]], [[author]] and founder of the [[Univer...
23: ... ([[February 20]], [[1720]]–[[March 31]], [[1776]]), both from families who had settled in [[Virgi...
25: ...t R. Livingston]]. The committee met and unanimously solicited Jefferson to prepare the draft of the ...
68: *Abolition of the external [[slave trade]] in [[1808]]
123: ...-one-half inches (189 cm) in height, large-boned, slim, erect and sinewy. He had angular features, a v... - United States (58223 bytes)
36: ..._dates = From [[Great Britain]]<br> [[July 4]], [[1776]]<br>[[September 3]], [[1783]]<br><br><br>
52: ...unding date of the United States is [[July 4]], [[1776]], the date the Second [[Continental Congress]], ...
58: ...s]] in [[1754]], in which a union was first seriously proposed.
60: ...tion Proclamation]], mandating the freedom of all slaves in states in rebellion, though full emancipat...
74: ...e United States|Congress]] (the [[legislature|legislative]] branch), the [[President of the United Sta... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
44: ...nds]] and [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]
57: ...g the [[Viceroyalty of the R�de la Plata]] in [[1776]], and Buenos Aires became a flourishing port. Bu...
61: ...xpanding middle class as well as to groups previously excluded from power. The Argentine military forc...
67: ... seize the [[Falkland Islands|Falklands/Malvinas Islands]] all combined to discredit the Argentine mil...
73: ...s resignation on [[December 30]]. Yet another legislative assembly elected Peronist [[Eduardo Duhalde]... - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
59: ...aribs were eventually deported to [[Roatan]], an island off the coast of [[Honduras]].
61: ... 1860s. Conditions remained harsh for both former slaves and immigrant agricultural workers, as depres...
63: ... Crown Colony government installed in 1877, a legislative council created in 1925, and universal adult...
65: ...d the Grenadines became the last of the Windward Islands to gain independence.
67: ...ausing extensive damage to the west coast of the island. - Flag of North Carolina (1696 bytes)
4: ...ng in black letters the inscription: "April 12th, 1776."
6: The state legislature adopted this flag in March, 1885, to replace...
8: ... and of the [[Halifax Resolves]] ([[April 12]], [[1776]]), documents that place North Carolina at the fo... - Flag of South Carolina (934 bytes)
2: ...Sullivan's Island]] from British attack in June [[1776]]. The flag remained the official state flag aft... - North Carolina (18268 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Michael Easley]] |
42: ...he demise of one, the "Lost Colony" of [[Roanoke Island]], remains one of the great mysteries of Ameri...
44: ... a royal colony seventeen years later. In April [[1776]], the colony became the first to instruct its de...
48: ...le attempt by Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston to slow Union Gen. Sherman's advance into the Carolinas...
53: ...[1776]]: This one was ratified [[December 18]], [[1776]], as the first constitution of the independent s... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
42: ... the "three lower counties" gained a separate legislature, and in 1710 a separate executive council.
46: ...ican Revolution]]. After the Revolution began in 1776, the three counties became "The Delaware State," ...
48: ...n the country was chartered in Delaware by former-slave [[Peter Spencer]] in 1813 as the "[[Spencer Ch...
50: ...stitution and so voted unsuccessfully to continue slavery beyond the Civil War. Delaware ratified the ...
54: ...ecutive, judicial and legislative bodies. The legislative body consists of a House of Representatives ... - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
41: ...erm [[shotgun]] was first coined in Kentucky in [[1776]]. After the war, it became Kentucky County, [[V...
48: ... two chambers: the [[Senate]] and the [[state legislature|House of Representatives]]. See [[List of Ke...
90: Religiously, Kentucky is mostly [[Protestant]]. Following i...
192: *[[Kentucky Wesleyan College]]
284: *[[State slogan]]: "Unbridled Spirit" - Virginia (23198 bytes)
48: ...[United States Constitution]]. On [[June 29]], [[1776]], the convention adopted a constitution that est...
59: ...ssembly]] is still in existence as the oldest legislature in the Western Hemisphere. Today, the '''Ge...
61: ..., the '''General Assembly''' continued as the legislature, the '''Supreme Court of Appeals''' acted as...
63: ...ate Government is composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
65: The '''legislative branch''' or [[state legislature]] is the [[Virginia General Assembly]], a [[... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
46: ...pine running the most of the length of the state, slightly west of its center. In the southwest portio...
62: ...[[Fort Sainte Anne]] on [[Isle La Motte, Vermont|Isle La Motte]] in [[1666]] as part of their [[fortif...
78: ...on]] of [[History of slavery in the United States|slavery]], [[suffrage]] for men who did not own land...
80: ...ories]]. They are ours, or this night Molly Stark sleeps a widow!" With reinforcements from the Vermon...
86: Vermont had a [[unicameralism|unicameral]] legislature until [[1836]]. - Utah (29154 bytes)
87: ...Escalante Expedition—left [[Santa Fe]] in [[1776]], hoping to find a route to the [[California]] c...
117: ...Springs, Utah|Saratoga Springs]]) and old, previously tiny communities (such as [[Ivins, Utah|Ivins]],... - South Carolina (11968 bytes)
42: ...ritain and set up its own government on March 15, 1776. On [[February 5]], [[1778]] South Carolina becam...
44: ...gan shelling [[Fort Sumter]], which stands on an island in Charleston harbor, thus precipitating the [...
48: ...are elected). The bicameral [[South Carolina Legislature]] consists of the 46-member Senate and the 1...
116: ...tics in Paradise: The Development of Hilton Head Island,'''. University of South Carolina Press, 1995. - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
2: Name = Rhode Island |
3: Fullname = The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
4: Flag = Rhode Island state flag.png |
5: Flaglink = [[Flag of Rhode Island]] |
6: Seal = Rhode Island state seal.png |
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