Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great…
The first child of Augustine Washington (1694–1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708–1789), George Washington was born on their Pope’s Creek Estate near present-day…
The Wealth of Nations was published 9 March 1776, during the Scottish Enlightenment and the Scottish Agricultural Revolution.[1] It influenced a number of authors and economists,…
John Adams, the eldest of three sons,[6] was born on October 30, 1735 (October 19, 1735 Old Style, Julian calendar), in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts…
Admiral Howe sent a noisy demonstration of Royal Navy ships up the Hudson River early on the morning of September 15, but Washington and his aides…
The third of ten children, Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 (April 2, 1743 OS) at the family home in Shadwell, Goochland County, Virginia,…
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington’s_crossing_of_the_Delaware_River
James Madison, Jr. was born at Belle Grove Plantation near Port Conway, Virginia on March 16, 1751, (March 5, 1751, Old Style, Julian calendar), where his…
The Continental Congress Adjourns to Baltimore, Maryland Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Congress, http://www.nps.gov/revwar/about_the_revolution/revolution_day_by_day.html
King George III of Great Britain Takes the Throne Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_monarchs