One day in history--July 4, 1776

Reader's Guide to Articles xiii --

Timeline of July 4 xiv --

Adams, Abigail 1 --

Adams, John 2 --

Adams, Samuel 4 --

African Americans 6 --

American Revolution, Causes of 8 --

American Revolution, Events of April 1775

July 1776

11 --

American Revolution, Events of August 1776

September 1783

13 --

American Revolution, Results of 16 --

Arnold, Benedict 17 --

Bicentennial 19 --

Boston in the Revolution 20 --

Braxton, Carter 22 --

Burgoyne, John 23 --

Carroll of Carrollton, Charles 25 --

Charleston in the Revolution 26 --

Chase, Samuel 27 --

Clark, George Rogers 28 --

Colonies, Loyal 30 --

Colonies or States 33 --

Commerce and Trade 35 --

Committees of Correspondence 39 --

Connecticut in the Revolution 39 --

Continental Congress, First and Second 41 --

Culture, 1776 43 --

Daily Life, 1776 49 --

Declaration House (Jacob Graff House) 53 --

Declaration of Independence 54 --

Declaration of Independence, August 2 Embossed 56 --

Declaration of Independence, Drafts and Copies 57 --

Declaration of Independence, Signers 59 --

Delaware in the Revolution 64 --

Disease and Medicine, 1776 65 --

Drafting Committee 68 --

Dunlap's Broadsides 69 --

Farm Life, 1776 71 --

Flags of the Revolution 75 --

France, Reaction in 76 --

Franklin, Benjamin 80 --

Frontier in the American Revolution 83 --

George III 87 --

Georgia in the Revolution 89 --

Gerry, Elbridge 92 --

Great Britain, Reaction in 93 --

Hamilton, Alexander 99 --

Hancock, John 101 --

Henry, Patrick 103 --

Hessians 104 --

Howe, Richard 106 --

Independence Hall 109 --

Jefferson, Thomas 113 --

Jefferson's Sources 117 --

Jones, John Paul 118 --

July 2 Vote 120 --

July 4 Celebrations 121 --

July 8 Proclamations 123 --

Kosciusko, Thaddeus 125 --

Lafayette, Marquis de 127 --

Lee, Richard Henry 129 --

Livingston, Philip 132 --

Loyalists 133 --

Marion, Francis 137 --

Maryland in the Revolution 139 --

Massachusetts in the Revolution 142 --

Memoirs of the Revolution 146 --

Morris, Robert 149 --

National Archives 151 --

Native Americans 153 --

Navigation Acts 159 --

New Hampshire and Vermont in the Revolution 161 --

New Jersey in the Revolution 163 --

New York in the Revolution 168 --

North Carolina in the Revolution 172 --

Pennsylvania in the Revolution 175 --

Philadelphia 178 --

Plantation Life and Slavery, 1776 180 --

Recreation and Leisure, 1776 183 --

Religion, 1776 188 --

Revolution, Theory of 193 --

Rhode Island in the Revolution 195 --

Rochambeau, Comte de 197 --

Rodney, Caesar 198 --

Rush, Benjamin 199 --

Rutledge, Edward 200 --

Seafaring, 1776 203 --

Self-Evident Truths 207 --

Sherman, Roger 209 --

Society of Friends 210 --

Soldiers, American 212 --

Soldiers, British 215 --

Sons of Liberty 217 --

South Carolina in the Revolution 218 --

Speeches on July 4 Commemorations 222 --

Stockton, Richard 224 --

Syllogism 225 --

Taverns and Residences, 1776 229 --

Travel, 1776 233 --

Unanimity 237 --

Virginia in the Revolution 241 --

Washington, George 247 --

Weather Report 249 --

Whigs, English 251 --

Women in the Revolution 255.