American History 1776: What historic event took place?

Answer 1

It was the year Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic to bomb the French at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Therefore starting America's involvement in the Crimean War. Alexander Hamilton was President at the time, that is why he is on the $20 dollar bill.

Answer 2

~The were several. Geronimo was defeated at Wounded Knee. The first San Francisco earthquake buried most of the cacausian side of town, giving rise to the Tongs in the colonies. Sherman burned Charlotte to the ground. The milkshake was invented in Boston as a substitute for tea. George Washington surveyed the Mason-Dixon Line, and Lewis and Clark began their expedition to Florida.




Edit: For all of you American history 'scholars' out there who think the colonies declared independence on July 4, 1776, be advised that independence was officially and formally declared by the ratification by 12 colonies of the Lee Resolutiion on July 2, 1776. The Declaration proposed by Jefferson and the rest of the Committee of Five was drafted in final form by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, and ratified on July 9 by all 13 colonies when the New York delegation was finally authorized to cast its vote. The Declaration was then sent to the printer. It was not signed until August 2, 1776. Before condemning this poor, ignornant lazy soul for not knowing some basic historical fact, don't you all think you should know a little about your own history?

To Ret Sgt: visit this kid's site - this is not a 10 year old but he/she is from the US.

Answer 3

On July 4, 1776, the United States officially declared independence from Britain.

Answer 4

In January, Thomas Paine releases 'Common Sense.'
In June, the Second Continental Congress met.
On July 4th, the Declaration of Independence was signed.
The American Revolution was still going on.
August 2-most colonies ratified the Declaration.
Sept 7-world's first submarine attack, by Americans

Answer 5

We all could lighten up on the sarcasm. Any wonder the US gets badmouthed on YA when we think we are the only country on it. This person is possibly young and probably not from the US. An honest answer wont hurt.

Now if it is from the US and especially if it is from someone over 10 years old, then rip away.

Answer 6

those activities are sensationalized, yet they're exaggerations of a few very actual activities. Tavington is predicated upon the Col. Banastre Tarleton who earned the nicknames, "The Butcher" and "Bloody Ban." Tarleton supposedly had a hundred+ human beings killed after their resign at Waxhaws which grew to alter into widely used because of the fact the "Waxhaws massacre." Burning cities became additionally a tactic of Tarleton to instill concern into the community inhabitants; besides the undeniable fact that, that is not likely that he burned an occupied church. he's even "credited" with exhuming the physique of Colonial standard and desecrating the physique in front of the relatives. Tarleton became brutal and tried to regulate the inhabitants by using concern. Tarleton became at Yorktown while Corwallis surrendered and became the only British officer not invited to dine with the yank officers.

Answer 7

hey be nice guys who says he/she lives in america? In 1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed.

Answer 8

imma take a wild guess and say the signing of the declaration of independence. but then again, im only guessing!*



*note the sarcasm

Answer 9

I REALLY, REALLY hope you are asking this as some kind of joke, especially because I'm not planning to dignify it with anything approaching an answer.

Answer 10

American Independence! The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on... July 4th. The revolutionary war still continued as we fought for our freedom but the 4th of July is the day we "declared" our "independence" from Great Britain.

Here's a list of who signed the document:
New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts: John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery

Connecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott

New York: William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris

New Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark

Pennsylvania: Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross

Delaware: Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean

Maryland: Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia: George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton

North Carolina: William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn

South Carolina: Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton

Georgia: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton.



The following information is from:
http://www.senate.gov/~craig/kidsclub/teach_doi.htm

Why We Wanted Independence:
There haven’t always been 50 states in our nation. In fact, about 300 years after Christopher Columbus discovered America there were just 13 small groups called colonies. King George III was their King because most of the people had come from England or Britain. But by 1776, many of the people in America didn’t want to be part of England or to have a king at all.

England decided that the Americans should pay taxes on things like paper, clothes, books, tea, even playing cards. The Americans didn’t like paying taxes to King George because there was no one in England’s Parliament to represent the United States. Fights began to break out between patriots (people who didn’t like English taxes) and redcoats (the British soldiers). Thomas Paine was one patriot who authored a pamphlet called "Common Sense" to convince Americans that they would be happier without British rulers.

The Decision to Become "United States":
In June of 1776, each colony sent delegates to represent them in the Continental Congress. One man, named John Hancock, had been outspoken in his criticism against the British. He didn't care how mad King George was at him, and he was happy to be the president of the Continental Congress. About one third of the Americans wanted independence; one third wanted to remain as English colonies; the final third wasn’t sure what to do, but everyone knew that something had to be done soon. They decided to appoint a committee of five people to start drafting a declaration to Britain in case the Americans decided they wanted to be independent. The committee included Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, John Adams of Massachusetts, Robert Livingston of New York, and the most famous American of the time, Ben Franklin of Pennsylvania.

The delegates talked for weeks. One man named John Adams said he was bored because the arguments were always the same. As they prepared to vote, John Dickinson of Pennsylvania said "But have we not enjoyed liberty even under the English?" John Adams stood up and gave a passionate speech, saying that Americans really already were independent because King George had said that he would not defend them from an outside attack.

Then it was time to vote. Nine colonies voted yes for independence, two voted no to remain colonies, and two didn’t vote. That wasn’t good enough. On July 2, 1776, Caesar Rodney, who was very sick with cancer, rode in to Philadelphia from Delaware to help break the stalemate. South Carolina and Pennsylvania switched their votes to yes, and later New York also voted yes.


Writing the Declaration:
Good writing can be difficult. So when Thomas Jefferson was asked to put the revolutionary ideas of Congress into words, he knew he had a daunting task before him. Every morning he would rise before the sun, soak his feet in cold water, have tea and biscuits, and begin to write. He often wrote standing up. As he attended the Congress, he did a lot of revising, crossing out, adding, and ripping up different attempts. Finally, he finished a version that both he and the Committee of Five agreed upon.

The words he wrote were so powerful that they are still used to express the ideas of justice and liberty today. He wrote that there are natural laws that come from God, not Kings or men, that are the same for everyone. “All men are created equal” and have God-given rights including “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” He wanted everyone to know that governments get their power and authority from the people, not the other way around.


The Celebration Since:
The Declaration of Independence was first read publicly on July 8, 1776 and has been a celebrated National treasure ever since. At that time, George Washington and his troops had already been fighting the Redcoats to protect American cities. When it was read to Washington and his troops on July 9, 1776, they were so happy that they pulled down a 15 foot statue of King George III riding a horse. The statue was melted down and made into 42,000 bullets for the muskets of the Revolutionary troops.

The Declaration is written upon parchment, which is animal skin that was stretched and prepared for writing and then rolled up for storing. Preserving the Declaration has required special care. In the War of 1812 when the British attacked Washington and set fire to the Capitol, it was barely saved by a government clerk who sprinted away and hid it in Leesburg, Virginia. It was also protected in Fort Knox with the nation's gold reserves after Pearl Harbor was bombed. Now it is in a special, high tech glass display unit that is filled with helium and light filters.

As special as this document is, the real treasure is the liberty that it secured for us. Freedom isn't free; the men and women of 1776 took great risks and made difficult sacrifices for us. So, the next time you see fireworks on Independence Day, remember what they celebrate.