He married Helena Cookes ( an amateur botanical illustrator, and erstwhile patient of his ) in 1772 ; they had three children ( the first, Helena was born in 1775 but died a few days later, William was born in 1776, and Charlotte in 1778 ).

In 1776, he published The botanical arrangement of all the vegetables naturally growing in Great Britain, an early and influential British Flora.

* John Ellis ( naturalist ) ( 1710 – 1776 ), English botanical illustrator

Thus, many Jews supported the American Revolution of 1776, the French Revolution of 1789, and the European Revolutions of 1848 ; while Jews in England tended to vote for the Liberal Party, which had led the parliamentary struggle for Jewish Emancipation — an arrangement called by some scholars “ the liberal Jewish compromise ”.

They recognized that slavery was a moral issue and not merely an economic interest, and that to recognize it explicitly in their Constitution would be in explosive contradiction to the concept of sovereignty they had set forth in the Declaration of 1776 that `` all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

For example, in 1693 the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends declared that its members should emancipate their slaves and in 1776 it determined to exclude from membership all who did not comply.

In 272 words, and three minutes, Lincoln asserted the nation was born not in 1789, but in 1776, " conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

*** Washington Bicentennial 1975 – 1976 ( all were dated 1776 – 1976 ) ( 40 % Silver-clad Proof, not intended for circulation )

*** Washington Bicentennial 1975 – 1976 ( all were dated 1776 – 1976 ).

During the Rococo era Portraiture was an important component of painting in all countries, but especially in Great Britain, where the leaders were William Hogarth ( 1697 – 1764 ), in a blunt realist style, and Francis Hayman ( 1708 – 1776 ), Angelica Kauffman who was Swiss, ( 1741 – 1807 ), Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds ( 1723 – 1792 ), in more flattering styles influenced by Antony Van Dyck ( 1599 – 1641 ).

On July 4, 1776 Congress issued a Declaration of Independence, ending all American efforts at reconciliation.

A Brochure Map for driving and detailed Anza Maps by County, with a Historical destinations-events Guide and the official NPS: Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail website are all available for information about the historic 1776 Juan Bautista de Anza trail places.

There are examples among United States historical documents: the end ( but not the beginning ) of the Declaration of Independence ( 1776 ) and all of the Constitution ( 1787 ) show nearly all nouns capitalized ; the Bill of Rights ( 1789 ) capitalizes a few common nouns but not most of them ; and the Thirteenth Constitutional Amendment ( 1865 ) only capitalizes proper nouns.

After fierce debate among the colonies, it was finally agreed to declare their independence from Britain, and in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed, formally and officially breaking all ties with the former mother country.

The portion of Maryland converted into Washington, DC, had been involved in all Maryland elections form before 1776, until 1802.

By 1776, the Tây Sơn had occupied all of the Nguyễn Lord's land and killed almost the entire royal family.

Monongalia County was formed in 1776 when Virginia's remote District of West Augusta was divided into three counties: Ohio, Yohogania and Monongalia, all named for their most prominent rivers.

Between 1720 and 1776 a large number of mostly Connecticut families settled in the southern Oblong who could not settle west of it because that land was privately owned by the Phillipse Family, who owned virtually all of the rest of the future Putnam County.

The Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch also called Josephinisches Gesetzbuch the predecessor of the Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch the Civil Code of Austria, which applies to all citizens equally, was published on 1 November 1786 after 10 years work on it since 1776.

Artistic academies were established all over Europe by the end of the 18th century, and many, like the Akademie der Künste in Berlin ( founded 1696 ), the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid ( founded 1744 ), the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg ( 1757 ), the Royal Academy in London ( 1768 ) and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan ( 1776 ) still run art schools and hold large exhibitions, although their influence on taste greatly declined from the late 19th century.

The Continental Army consisted of troops from all 13 colonies, and after 1776, from all 13 states.

" Section 29 of the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 states that " Excessive bail shall not be exacted for bailable offences: And all fines shall be moderate.

Catherine II, acknowledging the influence of Voltaire and Becarria, included in the Instructions for the preparation of a Criminal Code ( 1776 ), a declaration that all punishments by which the body is maimed ought to be abolished.

Of his later writings the most important are the admirable satire on German provinciality — the most attractive of all his prose writings — Die Abderiten, eine sehr wahrscheinliche Geschichte ( A very probable history of the Abderites, 1774 ), and the charming poetic romances, Das Wintermärchen ( 1776 ), Das Sommermärchen ( 1777 ), Geron der Adelige ( 1777 ), Pervonte oder die Wünsche ( 1778 ), a series culminating with Wieland's poetic masterpiece, the romantic epic of Oberon ( 1780 ).

Hillsdale's founders were determined to uphold the principle of equality articulated by the Founders of America who had declared in 1776 that " all men are created equal.

To add insult to injury, in 1776 the governor of the island, Johannes de Graeff, was the first to salute the Flag of the United States, leading to growing British suspicions of the Dutch.

Jacob Emden also known as Ya ' avetz, ( b. June 4, 1697, Altona-d. April 19, 1776, Altona ), was a leading German rabbi and talmudist who championed Orthodox Judaism in the face of the growing influence of the Sabbatean movement.

In 1776 and 1777, there was a growing struggle for influence and command in the Continental Army.

In early 1776, Thomas Paine argued in the closing pages of the first edition of Common Sense that the “ custom of nations ” demanded a formal declaration of American independence if any European power were to mediate a peace between the Americans and Great Britain.

* Colonial history of the United States, the period of American history from the 17th century to 1776, under the rule of Great Britain, France and Spain

On July 6, 1776, the first committee for the production of the Great Seal of the United States convened.

* 1776 – The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.

* Independence Day, celebrates the Declaration of Independence of the United States from Great Britain in 1776.

* 1776 – American Revolution: the Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.

It became the first of the British North American colonies to break away from Great Britain in January 1776, and six months later was one of the original thirteen states that founded the United States of America.

In 1776, the Thirteen Colonies, acting through the Second Continental Congress, declared political independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution.

In Lee's Resolution on the 7th of June 1776 during the Second Continental Congress, Lee put forth the motion to the Continental Congress to declare Independence from Great Britain, which read ( in part ):

The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.

By the time the Declaration of Independence was adopted in July 1776, the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain had been at war for more than a year.

A few came in the form of jury instructions, such as the statement issued on April 23, 1776, by Chief Justice William Henry Drayton of South Carolina: " the law of the land authorizes me to declare ... that George the Third, King of Great Britain ... has no authority over us, and we owe no obedience to him.

They revolted against the Kingdom of Great Britain under King George III with the onset of the American Revolution starting in 1775, and in 1776 declared their independence from the British Empire and formed a new nation, the United States of America.

In the spring of 1776, Vergennes, the Foreign Secretary, saw an opportunity to humiliate France's long-standing enemy, Great Britain, as well as recover territory lost during the Seven Years ' War, by supporting the American Revolution.

On July 4, 1776, the same day that independence from Great Britain was declared by the thirteen states, the Continental Congress named the first committee to design a Great Seal, or national emblem, for the country.

Later games included 1914, Anzio, 1776, Jutland, Third Reich, Panzer Blitz, Kingmaker, Napoleon, Victory in the Pacific, The Russian Front, Republic of Rome, Age of Renaissance, Storm Over Arnhem, Turning Point Stalingrad, Up-Front ( a card driven game ), Raid on St. Nazaire, Successors of Alexander the Great, London is Burning and Atlantic Storm.

A military cadet school created by Frederick the Great in 1776 was moved from Kulm ( Chełmno ) to Cöslin in 1890.

Also in 1776, he and William Henry Drayton designed the Great Seal of South Carolina.

When the question of declaring independence from Great Britain was officially brought up in 1776, as a representative of the northernmost colony Bartlett was the first to be asked, and answered in the affirmative.

After independence from Great Britain in 1776, the Virginia Colony became the Commonwealth of Virginia, one of the original thirteen states of the United States, adopting as its official slogan " The Old Dominion ".

In 1776 the Open Fields of Great Bowden were allotted to individual owners and fenced with hedges planted, followed by those of Little Bowden in 1780.