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The year of the Declaration of Independence, 1776, was an heroic date with destiny for America, the birth of noble principles of defining endurance for civilisation. But in this magnificent recounting of its torturous days, 1776 was a year of the most severe trial and doubt - a year of almost complete defeat of the American revolutionaries. That they triumphed was, as David McCulloch writes, "a miracle of a small band of determined men and their leader".
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The 1776 Platinum Club is for those who give at least $17.76 or more per month. They receive a benefit packet including all the benefits of the normal Platinum Level (subscription to newsletter, membership card, outreach handouts, bumper sticker, LPCO t-shirt, $10 Silver Liberty Coin, etc.) plus receive Michael Badnarik's book, "Good to be King."
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In July, 1776 the American Revolution had entered its second, decisive year. The shooting at Lexington and Concord and George Washington’s appointment as commander in chief of the Continental Army were a year past. The British had unexpectedly evacuated occupied Boston, and both commander and army were enjoying an all-too-brief season of success.
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June-July, 1776 - On June 7, Richard Henry Lee, a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, presents a formal resolution calling for America to declare its independence from Britain. Congress decides to postpone its decision on this until July. On June 11, Congress appoints a committee to draft a declaration of independence. Committee members are Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Livingston and Roger Sherman. Jefferson is chosen by the committee to prepare the first draft of the declaration, which he completes in one day. Just seventeen days later, June 28, Jefferson's Declaration of Independence is ready and is presented to the Congress, with changes made by Adams and Franklin.
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In 1776, the British set forth to subdue the colonies. They began the effort by recapturing New York. First, they drove Washington off Long Island; then, from lower Harlem. After this initiative, Washington retreated to White Plains, where for the first time, he was able to hold off the British forces. The British, then again, outmanuevered Washington. Washington was forced to retreat to New Jersey.
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Among the November, 1776 orders to Bernardo de Galvez concerning blacks, masters were to treat their slaves humanely and justly. Also persons selling blacks liquor, guns and gunpowder for stolen goods were to be severely punished. Black nocturnal dances and assemblies in New Orleans and the countryside were prohibited; black Catholics were to be married within the church and free female mulattoes who lived dishonestly faced deportation to Haiti
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