In November 1776, a faulty link broke under stress induced by the river tides, highlighting some of the difficulties of trying to chain the Hudson.

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.

His most important compositions during this period were a symphony in D major, performed in the summer of 1776, and the oratorio La passione di Gesù Cristo with a text by Metastasio performed during Advent of 1776.

The first people of European descent ( most of whom were born in America, and many of whom were of mixed ancestry ) arrived with the De Anza Expedition in 1776.

In the colonial period before 1776, and for some time after, often only adult white male property owners could vote ; enslaved Africans, most free black people and most women were not extended the franchise.

Five volumes of supplementary material and a two volume index, supervised by other editors, were issued from 1776 to 1780 by Charles Joseph Panckoucke.

In January 1776, Allen and his men were put on board HMS Soledad, which sailed for Cork, Ireland.

In August 1776, Allen and other prisoners were temporarily put ashore in Halifax, owing to extremely poor conditions aboard ship ; due to food scarcity, both crew and prisoners were on short rations, and scurvy was rampant.

Indeed, at common law when the British and American legal systems divorced in 1776, felonies were crimes for which the punishment was either death or forfeiture of property.

The tobacco trade collapsed during the American Revolution ( 1776 – 83 ), when its sources were cut off by the British blockade of American ports.

Wood notes that the governmental structure in both the Virginia Plan and the final constitution were not innovative, since they were copied from the British government, had been used in the states since 1776, and numerous authors had already argued for their adoption at the national level.

In 1776, the first engines were installed and working in commercial enterprises.

In the English-speaking world its ideas were criticized by Adam Smith with the publication of The Wealth of Nations in 1776 and later David Ricardo with his explanation of comparative advantage.

When the polar bear was originally documented, two subspecies were identified: Ursus maritimus maritimus by Constantine J. Phipps in 1774, and Ursus maritimus marinus by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776.

During World War II, a large part of the city as well as the historical Kivisild ( Stone Bridge ) ( built by Catherine II of Russia in 1776 – 1778 ) over the Emajõgi River were destroyed by the German Army, partly in 1941 and almost completely in 1944.

Some of these purposes were explicitly mentioned in early state constitutions ; for example, the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 asserted that, " the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the state ".

Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, published in 1776, had argued that colonies were redundant, and that free trade should replace the old mercantilist policies that had characterised the first period of colonial expansion, dating back to the protectionism of Spain and Portugal.

Historian Pauline Maier identified more than ninety such declarations that were issued throughout the Thirteen Colonies from April to July 1776.

*** 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 ).

Describing life in Vienna ( dated at either 1776 or 1786 ), Don Curzio wrote, " The people were dancing mad [...] The ladies of Vienna are particularly celebrated for their grace and movements of waltzing of which they never tire.

Debate continued over the generations ; Delmedigo's arguments were echoed by Leon of Modena ( d. 1648 ) in his Ari Nohem, and a work devoted to the criticism of the Zohar, Miṭpaḥat Sefarim, was written by Jacob Emden ( d. 1776 ), who, waging war against the remaining adherents of the Sabbatai Zevi movement ( in which Zevi, a false messiah and Jewish apostate, cited Messianic prophecies from the Zohar as proof of his legitimacy ), endeavored to show that the book on which Zevi based his doctrines was a forgery.

First Baptist Church in America | The congregation founded by Roger Williams ( theologian ) | Roger Williams in 1638 built this Providence, Rhode Island | Providence historic church in 1776

The infamous " House of Slaves " was built here in 1776.

Fort Montgomery is the name of a fortification built in 1776 by the Continental Army on West Bank of the Hudson River during the American Revolution.

* 1776 – First submarine to be propelled by screws, and the first military submarine to attempt an attack on a ship, Turtle, is built by David Bushnell.

* Fort Dayton, built in the Mohawk Valley in 1776 by Elias Dayton

The so-called Kleine Kirche ( Little Church ), built between 1773 and 1776, is the oldest church of Karlsruhe's city centre.

While stationed at Tubac ( 1760 – 1776 ), de Anza built the chapel of Santa Gertrudis, the foundations of which lie beneath today's St. Ann's Church.

* Nathan Hale Homestead, first established around 1740 by Deacon Richard Hale ( 1717 – 1802 ), the present structure has been standing since 1776 and was built to house the combined family of Deacon Hale and his second wife Abigail ( Cobb ) Adams.

Also preserved is " The House the Women Built ," a 2-story building built in 1776 by Sally Bowers and other young women of the town while the men fought in the Continental Army.

Jedediah Strutt, who was Arkwright's partner in the first Cromford Mill, built mills at Belper and Milford in 1776 – 1881.

Published 1776. jpg | Mistley Church as built

About 1776, a Chemin Neuf, French for " New Road ", was built connecting the Mississippi River with False River, a long oxbow lake and formerly the main channel of the Mississippi.

Alpine Pavilion, an open-air stone picnic pavilion built in 1934 by the Civil Works Administration and available for rental is located here, as well as the historic Blackledge-Kearney House, said to be the site where Lord Cornwallis and his troops landed on November 20, 1776, in their pursuit of the Continental Army following the rout of George Washington's forces in the Battle of New York.

These include: Potter's Tavern, said to have been built in the 1750s, but restored to its appearance in 1776 when it was home to The Plain Dealer, considered New Jersey's first newspaper ; Brearley ( Masonic ) Lodge, founded by General James Giles in 1795, and still active ; the so-called " Nail House " ( c. 1815 ; second build c. 1855 ), administrative home of the Cumberland Nail & Iron Works that established Bridgeton's industrial prowess in the early nineteenth century ; the first Cumberland National Bank building ( 1816 ), only the second bank chartered in New Jersey ( now part of the Bridgeton Library ); and the David Sheppard House ( 1791 ), recently restored with assistance from the Garden State Historic Trust and home to the Cousteau Coastal Center of Rutgers University since 2008.

Some think it may have been built by John Defoe ( or DeVoet ), a Tory who was imprisoned in 1776, escaped, fought on the side of the British and Hessian forces at the Battle of Bennington, was captured, escaped again, and settled in Canada.

In 1776, a new fort was built on the site of the earlier fort and named for the recently deceased Virginia official Peyton Randolph ( 1721 – 1775 ).

The Old Town Hall, built in 1776, now houses Stranraer Museum with its displays of Victorian Wigtownshire and the town's polar explorers, Sir John Ross and his nephew James Clark Ross.

In 1776 the town's first water-powered mill for carding and spinning cotton was built at Rassbottom.

The first church to be built in Stalybridge was Old St George's Church, Cocker Hill which was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on 25 July 1776.

*, was a 24-gun frigate built in 1776 and captured by the British in 1777

*, was a gondola, built on Lake Champlain in 1776, that participated in the Battle of Valcour Island.

*, was a 28-gun sailing frigate built in 1776, captured by the British in the following year and recommissioned as HMS Virginia

*, was a galley built and subsequently captured by the Royal Navy in October 1776