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. Regional variants[show] Black slaveholders Howe's troop strength totaled 32,000 regulars and Hessians and Washington's consisted of 23,000 mostly raw recruits and militia in August Howe landed 20,000 troops at Gravesend Brooklyn and approached Washington's fortifications as King George III proclaimed the rebellious American colonists to be traitors. Washington opposing his generals chose to fight based on inaccurate information that Howe's army had only 8,000 plus troops. Howe assaulted Washington's flank and inflicted 1,500 Patriot casualties with the British suffering 400. Washington retreated instructing General William Heath to acquisition river craft in the area On August 30 General William Alexander held off the British and gave cover while the army crossed the East River under darkness to Manhattan Island without loss of life or material although Alexander was captured. District of Columbia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Personal life 11.1.3 Currency and postage See also: List of newspapers in Washington D.C and List of television shows set in Washington D.C, In April 1776 the North Carolina Provincial Congress issued the Halifax Resolves explicitly authorizing its delegates to vote for independence by June nine Provincial Congresses were ready for independence; one by one the last four fell into line: Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland and New York Richard Henry Lee was instructed by the Virginia legislature to propose independence and he did so on June 7 1776 On June 11 a committee was created to draft a document explaining the justifications for separation from Britain After securing enough votes for passage independence was voted for on July 2. . . The airport's terminal complex consists of a main terminal (which includes four of the original gates "Z" gates) and two parallel midfield terminal buildings: Concourses A/B and C/D the entire terminal complex has 123 gates and 16 hardstand locations from which passengers can board or disembark using the airport's plane mate vehicles, Washington D.C. Business Directory 9.1.3 Protestant Dissenters and the Great Awakening. .

2.5 Finances Joseph Hewes North Carolina 2 Yes Yes Thomas Cushing Massachusetts 1 Yes Washington became an international symbol for liberation and nationalism as the leader of the first successful revolution against a colonial empire the Federalists made him the symbol of their party but the Jeffersonians continued to distrust his influence for many years and delayed building the Washington Monument. Washington was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on January 31 1781 before he had even begun his presidency. He was posthumously appointed to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States during the United States Bicentennial to ensure that he would never be outranked; this was accomplished by the congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 passed on January 19 1976 with an effective appointment date of July 4 1976.[u], Terminology Three had retired from active economic endeavors: Franklin McHenry and Mifflin. .