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Subject(s)

• United States—History—Revolution, 1775-1783—Encyclopedias [Browse]
• Fourth of July—Encyclopedias [Browse]

Related name

• Carlisle, Rodney P. [Browse]
• Smithsonian Institution [Browse]

Summary note

A compendium of articles and historical analyses discusses such topics as daily life as it was experienced before and after the Declaration of Independence, the contributions of the Sons of Liberty, and the causes of the American Revolution.

Notes

• "The days that changed the world."
• "Smithsonian"--Cover.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Reader's Guide to Articles xiii
• Timeline of July 4 xiv
• Adams, Abigail 1
• Adams, John 2
• Adams, Samuel 4
• African Americans 6
• American Revolution, Causes of 8
• American Revolution, Events of April 1775
• July 1776 11
• American Revolution, Events of August 1776
• September 1783 13
• American Revolution, Results of 16
• Arnold, Benedict 17
• Bicentennial 19
• Boston in the Revolution 20
• Braxton, Carter 22
• Burgoyne, John 23
• Carroll of Carrollton, Charles 25
• Charleston in the Revolution 26
• Chase, Samuel 27
• Clark, George Rogers 28
• Colonies, Loyal 30
• Colonies or States 33
• Commerce and Trade 35
• Committees of Correspondence 39
• Connecticut in the Revolution 39
• Continental Congress, First and Second 41
• Culture, 1776 43
• Daily Life, 1776 49
• Declaration House (Jacob Graff House) 53
• Declaration of Independence 54
• Declaration of Independence, August 2 Embossed 56
• Declaration of Independence, Drafts and Copies 57
• Declaration of Independence, Signers 59
• Delaware in the Revolution 64
• Disease and Medicine, 1776 65
• Drafting Committee 68
• Dunlap's Broadsides 69
• Farm Life, 1776 71
• Flags of the Revolution 75
• France, Reaction in 76
• Franklin, Benjamin 80
• Frontier in the American Revolution 83
• George III 87
• Georgia in the Revolution 89
• Gerry, Elbridge 92
• Great Britain, Reaction in 93
• Hamilton, Alexander 99
• Hancock, John 101
• Henry, Patrick 103
• Hessians 104
• Howe, Richard 106
• Independence Hall 109
• Jefferson, Thomas 113
• Jefferson's Sources 117
• Jones, John Paul 118
• July 2 Vote 120
• July 4 Celebrations 121
• July 8 Proclamations 123
• Kosciusko, Thaddeus 125
• Lafayette, Marquis de 127
• Lee, Richard Henry 129
• Livingston, Philip 132
• Loyalists 133
• Marion, Francis 137
• Maryland in the Revolution 139
• Massachusetts in the Revolution 142
• Memoirs of the Revolution 146
• Morris, Robert 149
• National Archives 151
• Native Americans 153
• Navigation Acts 159
• New Hampshire and Vermont in the Revolution 161
• New Jersey in the Revolution 163
• New York in the Revolution 168
• North Carolina in the Revolution 172
• Pennsylvania in the Revolution 175
• Philadelphia 178
• Plantation Life and Slavery, 1776 180
• Recreation and Leisure, 1776 183
• Religion, 1776 188
• Revolution, Theory of 193
• Rhode Island in the Revolution 195
• Rochambeau, Comte de 197
• Rodney, Caesar 198
• Rush, Benjamin 199
• Rutledge, Edward 200
• Seafaring, 1776 203
• Self-Evident Truths 207
• Sherman, Roger 209
• Society of Friends 210
• Soldiers, American 212
• Soldiers, British 215
• Sons of Liberty 217
• South Carolina in the Revolution 218
• Speeches on July 4 Commemorations 222
• Stockton, Richard 224
• Syllogism 225
• Taverns and Residences, 1776 229
• Travel, 1776 233
• Unanimity 237
• Virginia in the Revolution 241
• Washington, George 247
• Weather Report 249
• Whigs, English 251
• Women in the Revolution 255.

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Other title(s)

• 1 day in history--July 4, 1776
• July 4, 1776

ISBN

0061120324

LCCN

^^2006049087

OCLC

70836802

International Article Number

9780061120329

RCP

H - S

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