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| 1776 |
| | | Virginia's motion for independence from Britain is passed at the Continental Congress of the colonies with no opposing vote | |
|  | Liberty Bell, Philadelphia
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| 1776 |
| | | Thomas Jefferson's text for the Declaration of Independence is accepted by the Congress in Philadelphia | |
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| 1776 |
| | | English historian Edward Gibbon publishes the first volume of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | |
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| 1776 |
| | | John Hancock is the first delegate to sign the Declaration of Independence, formally written out on a large sheet of parchment | |
|  | The American Declaration of Independence in 1776
National Archives, Kew
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| 1776 |
| | | George Washington, driven from New York by the British, retreats towards Philadelphia | |
|  | Map of New York in 1765
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| 1776 |
| | | Spanish America is now administered as four viceroyalties - New Spain, New Granada, New Peru and La Plata | |
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| 1776 |
| | | Buenos Aires rather than Asunción is chosen to be capital of the new Spanish viceroyalty of La Plata | |
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| 1776 |
| | | Scottish economist Adam Smith analyzes the nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations | |
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| 1776 |
| | | George Washington defeats the British at Trenton at a psychologically important moment in the course of the war | |
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| 1774 April |
| | | A tontine is launched in Richmond to raise money for the construction of a bridge across the Thames | |
|  | Richmond Bridge, c.1850
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