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Farming Couple 1790A relatively prosperous farming couple. She wears a fashionable white muslin gown & shoes with pointed toes & vamps. He is more informally attired in his shirt sleeves
Thomas Paine / John KayTHOMAS PAINE Radical writer, born in England, emigrated to America in 1774 where he urged declaration of independence
Netherlands / Brill / 1572NETHERLANDS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE Capture of the fortress of Brill from the Spaniards by the Beggars of the Sea, led by De la Marck and Treslong
Washington / Polish StampPolish stamps issued to commemorate the bicentenary of the Polish patriots Kosciusko and Pulaski, who fought with George Washington in the American War of Independence
BISSONs BRAVERY 1827GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: Lieut. Bisson, French Navy, blows up a captured Turkish ship & its crew rather than have it retaken. There stands a monument to him in Navarino
Unification of ItalyITALIAN WAR OF UNIFICATION: During the war for Italian independence French troops land at Genoa
Maximo GomezMAXIMO GOMEZ - Cuban patriot and general-in-chief of the independence forces in the second revolution (1895), pictured campaigning
Wall Street in 1789Wall Street after independence is a fashionable residential street : the traffic consists of smart carriages and sedan chair
Announcing LexingtonNews of the battle of Lexington, in which the Americans are defeated and forced to retire, is announced in Wall Street, New York, to general perturbation
The Gaspee BurntTHE GASPEE INCIDENT - The citizens of Rhode Island, angered by British tax demands, board the grounded revenue schooner Gaspee and burn her
Boston Tea Party PlannedBOSTON TEA PARTY - it was in these unpretentious but picturesque premises that the plan for the outrage was discussed and developed
Wm Franklin ArrestedWilliam Franklin (son of Benjamin), governor of New Jersey, supports the British so is arrested by the rebels. He will be exchanged and end his days in England
Paul Jones V the SerapisJohn Paul Jones in Bonhomme Richard engages Serapis in the North Sea; the American crew board the British ship, forcing captain Pearson to surrender
Paul Jones V the DrakeAmerican captain John Paul Jones in Ranger captures the British sloop Drake off Carrickfergus
Texas MilitiaTexas wins independence from Mexico in 1836, and Texans such as these mounted militia- men are determined to keep it an independent Republic. But it will become a state 1845
Jose De San MartinJOSE FRANCISCO DE SAN MARTIN Argentinian soldier and statesman who worked and fought for independence in Chile and Peru as well as his own country
Gustaf I VasaGUSTAF I VASA (Gustaf Ericssen) elected king of Sweden, secured independence from Denmark
Johan Van OldenbarneveltJOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT Dutch statesman A founding father of Dutch independence
The Maccabees, whose family won religious and political independence for the Jews, whom they ruled from 166 BC to 63 BC, and as priests till 37 BC
KYMOGRAPHCoovers KYMOGRAPH, designed to test the independence of alleged psychic voices, speaking through a medium, from the mediums own voice
General Wayne storming the fort at Stony PointGeneral Anthony Wayne storming the British-held fort at Stony Point, New York state
Drafting the American Declaration of IndependenceScene at the Drafting the American Declaration of Independence - present are Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, Livingston and Sherman
Benedict Arnold and Major AndreBenedict Arnold persuades Major Andre to conceal papers in his boot, causing him to be hanged as a spy when captured by the patriots
Patrick Henry speaking against the Stamp ActPatrick Henry, in the Virginia House of Burgesses, introduces radical resolutions opposing the Stamp Act, warning King George III that he could go the way of Caesar and Charles I
G3 Statue Pulled DownStatue of George III pulled down, New York
Stamp Act, New YorkStamp Act introduced in New York - troops escort the stamped paper to the city hall, New York
Stamp Act in Boston during American Independence
