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History
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Second Continental Congress | in Philadelphia between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774. The Second Congress managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. This congress made th |
Continental Army | The Continental Army was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America. Established by a resolution of the Congress on June 14, 1775. |
George Washington | George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American statesman and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. |
Battle of Bunker Hill | The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle. |
Independence | Deloitte's independence requirements are defined by specific sets of policies and external rules and regulations to help both you and the organization remain independent when providing services to attest (audit) clients. |
Policies | Deloitte's independence requirements are defined by specific sets of policies and external rules and regulations to help both you and the organization remain independent when providing services to attest (audit) clients. |
Olive Branch Petition | The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775 in a final attempt to avoid a full-on war between Great Britain and the thirteen colonies represented in that Congress. |
Thomas Paine | Thomas Paine February 9, 1737 O.S. January 29, 1736 – June 8, 1809 was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. |
Common Sense | Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Written in clear and persuasive prose |
Declaration of Independence | The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as thirteen |
Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. |
Natural rights | Among these fundamental natural rights, Locke said, are "life, liberty, and property." Locke believed that the most basic human law of nature is the preservation of mankind. |
Fundamental rights | Seven fundamental rights were originally provided by the Constitution – right to equality, right to freedom, right against exploitation, right to freedom of religion, cultural and educational rights, right to property and right to constitutional remedies. |
Independence Day | Independence Day, also referred to as the Fourth of July or July Fourth, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. |