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Browsing named entities in a specific section of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). Search the whole document.
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February 5th, 1777 AD (search for this): entry state-government
March 19th, 1778 AD (search for this): entry state-government
March 2nd, 1780 AD (search for this): entry state-government
John Adams (search for this): entry state-government
State government.
On May 10, 1776, the Congress resolved that it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs hath been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular and America in general.
This resolution was offered by John Adams, and he, Edward Rutledge, and Richard H. Lee were appointed a committee to draft a preamble to it. It was reported and adopted on the 15th.
In that preamble it was asserted that all oaths for the support of government under the crown of Great Britain were irreconcilable with reason and good conscience; and that the exercise of every kind of authority under that crown ought to be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted, under authority from the people of the colonies, for the maintenance
Richard Henry Lee (search for this): entry state-government
Edward Rutledge (search for this): entry state-government
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry state-government
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry state-government
Delaware (Delaware, United States) (search for this): entry state-government
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry state-government