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. . Domestic issues Thomas Fitzsimons Pennsylvania 1 Yes, Historian Bernard Bailyn argues that the evangelicalism of the era challenged traditional notions of natural hierarchy by preaching that the Bible teaches that all men are equal so that the true value of a man lies in his moral behavior not in his class. Kidd argues that religious disestablishment belief in God as the source of human rights and shared convictions about sin virtue and divine providence worked together to unite rationalists and evangelicals and thus encouraged a large proportion of Americans to fight for independence from the Empire Bailyn on the other hand denies that religion played such a critical role. Alan Heimert argues that New Light anti-authoritarianism was essential to furthering democracy in colonial American society and set the stage for a confrontation with British monarchical and aristocratic rule, Historian Caroline Robbins in 1977 examined the status of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and concluded: {{quote|There were indeed disparities of wealth earned or inherited: some Signers were rich others had about enough to enable them to attend Congress .. the majority of revolutionaries were from moderately well-to-do or average income brackets Twice as many Loyalists belonged to the wealthiest echelon But some Signers were rich; few indigent .. the Signers were elected not for wealth or rank so much as because of the evidence they had already evinced of willingness for public service a few of them were wealthy or had financial resources that ranged from good to excellent but there are other founders who were less than wealthy On the whole they were less wealthy than the Loyalists. In February 1754 Dinwiddie promoted Washington to lieutenant colonel and second-in-command of the 300-strong Virginia Regiment with orders to confront French forces at the Forks of the Ohio. Washington set out for the Forks with half of the regiment in April but soon learned that a French force of 1,000 had begun construction of Fort Duquesne there in May Washington had set up a defensive position at Great Meadows when he learned that the French had made camp 7 miles (11 km) away Washington decided to take the offensive in pursuit of the French contingent.

. . Historian Caroline Robbins in 1977 examined the status of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and concluded: {{quote|There were indeed disparities of wealth earned or inherited: some Signers were rich others had about enough to enable them to attend Congress .. the majority of revolutionaries were from moderately well-to-do or average income brackets Twice as many Loyalists belonged to the wealthiest echelon But some Signers were rich; few indigent .. the Signers were elected not for wealth or rank so much as because of the evidence they had already evinced of willingness for public service a few of them were wealthy or had financial resources that ranged from good to excellent but there are other founders who were less than wealthy On the whole they were less wealthy than the Loyalists, vte Washington D.C. Business Directory Other Washington properties. 13.3 Bibliography The Washington Metropolitan Area is the ninth-largest television media market in the nation with two million homes approximately 2% of the country's population. Several media companies and cable television channels have their headquarters in the area including C-SPAN; Black Entertainment Television (BET); Radio One; the National Geographic Channel; Smithsonian Networks; National Public Radio (NPR); Travel Channel (in Chevy Chase Maryland); Discovery Communications (in Silver Spring Maryland); and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (in Arlington Virginia) the headquarters of Voice of America the U.S government's international news service is near the Capitol in Southwest Washington; Congressional Budget Office Over time a large civil rights movement arose to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans, In 1830 a disgruntled ex-employee of the estate attempted to steal what he thought was Washington's skull prompting the construction of a more secure vault the next year the new vault was constructed at Mount Vernon to receive the remains of George and Martha and other relatives in 1832 a joint Congressional committee debated moving his body from Mount Vernon to a crypt in the Capitol the crypt had been built by architect Charles Bulfinch in the 1820s during the reconstruction of the burned-out capital after the Burning of Washington by the British during the War of 1812 Southern opposition was intense antagonized by an ever-growing rift between North and South; many were concerned that Washington's remains could end up on "a shore foreign to his native soil" if the country became divided and Washington's remains stayed in Mount Vernon, 7 Capital as symbol I-66 in Washington D.C.