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    Declaration of Independence is a 12-by-18-foot (3.7 by 5.5 m) oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the presentation of...
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    The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America (in the engrossed version but not...
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    The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence occurred primarily on August 2, 1776, at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, later...
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  • Independence may also refer to: Declaration of Independence (Trumbull), 1817–18 painting by John Trumbull Declaration of Independence (film), 1938 American short...
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    John Trumbull (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
    has been called the "Painter of the Revolution". Trumbull's Declaration of Independence (1817), one of his four paintings that hang in the United States...
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    Revolution, the associated War of Independence, and ultimately the end of British colonialization and the emergence of the United States as a sovereign...
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    signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. The artist worked on the painting from 1784 until his death in 1788. The painting is unfinished...
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    Pennsylvania Gazette. The Declaration of Independence, which officially announced and explained the case for independence, was approved two days later...
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  • Thumbnail for Physical history of the United States Declaration of Independence
    The physical history of the United States Declaration of Independence spans from its original drafting in 1776 into the discovery of historical documents...
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    Intolerable Acts (category Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1774)
    Revolutionary War broke out in April 1775, leading to the declaration of an independent United States of America in July 1776. Relations between the Thirteen...
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    Minutemen were members of the organized New England colonial militia companies trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies during the American...
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    Congress to do the work in 1817. These are Declaration of Independence, Surrender of General Burgoyne, Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and General George Washington...
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    declaring independence from the British Empire, and then approves (July 4) the written "United States Declaration of Independence" Sons of Liberty order...
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    clearly stated within the text of the Indictment of George III section of the United States Declaration of Independence, enabling the organized colonial...
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    Continental Army troops in private homes. A section of the United States Declaration of Independence listing the colonies' grievances against the King explicitly...
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    State House what would become the United States Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776. This Declaration committee operated from June 11, 1776, until...
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    Act of Abjuration (Dutch: Plakkaat van Verlatinghe; Spanish: Acta de Abjuración, lit. 'placard of abjuration') is the declaration of independence by many...
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    were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal and avoid humiliation. The declaration stated that the Parliament's authority...
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    No taxation without representation (category Home rule and voting rights of the District of Columbia)
    Strictures upon the Declaration of the Congress of the recent Declaration of Independence, and particularly of James Otis, Jr.'s pamphlet Rights of the British...
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    Tea Act (redirect from Tea Act of 1773)
    eruption of the American War of Independence in April 1775. Parliament passed the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778, which repealed a number of taxes (including...
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    subject matter for the four paintings: the Declaration of Independence, the Surrender of General Burgoyne, the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and General...
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    subject matter for the four paintings: the Declaration of Independence, the Surrender of General Burgoyne, the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and General...
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    Signers of the Declaration of Independence is a memorial depicting the signatures of the 56 signatories to the United States Declaration of Independence. It...
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    "The Sugar Act; Titled The American Revenue Act 1764". UShistory.org. Independence Hall Association. Retrieved 23 September 2008. Miller p. 101 Miller pp...
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    Washington. From this view, the painting is curved and distorted. From the balcony, metal stairs take visitors over the painting and up to the outside balcony...
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  • enacting formulae of bills and in other legal or constitutional contexts. It describes either of two situations: where a weak executive branch of a government...
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    down the cornerstone to the north wing of the building. Upon the death of Washington in 1799, the designers of the Capitol went to Martha Washington and...
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    The subway system of the United States Capitol Complex in Washington, D.C., consists of three underground electric people mover systems that connect the...
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    is a section from the United States Declaration of Independence. The Second Continental Congress's Committee of Five drafted the document listing their...
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    This is a list of African Americans who have served in the United States Senate. The Senate has had 12 African-American elected or appointed officeholders...
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