historians have concluded that the declaration of independence was signed on august 2, 1776.
historians have concluded that the declaration of independence was signed on august 2, 1776.
when have historians concluded that the declaration of independence was signed?
august 2, 1776
another departure from history is that the separation from great britain was accomplished in two steps: the actual vote for independence came on july 2 with the approval of lee's resolution of independence. the wording of the declaration of independence—the statement to the world as to the reasons necessitating the split—was then debated for three days before being approved on july 4. the vote for independence did not hinge on some passages being removed from the declaration, as implied in the film (and the play), since congress had already voted in favor of independence before debating the declaration. for the sake of drama, the play's authors combined the two events. in addition, some historians believe that the declaration was not signed on july 4, as shown in "1776", but was instead signed on august 2, 1776. others point out that the final, official copy of the document was signed by the delegates not on a single date, but over several weeks and months, commencing in july but not being completed until as late as september. the authors of "1776" had the delegates sign the declaration on july 4 for dramatic reasons.
1776 (film)
bullet::::- the black river has two impressive falls, in the city of elyria ohio; these falls having been the reason that nineteenth-century historians concluded that the black river was the "canesadooharie," the river upon which james smith encamped with native americans, in 1755 and 1756. there exists some speculation that the river smith referred to was the huron river. its native-american name was phonetically interpreted by other european explorers as "guahadahuri." the only original-source for the word "canesadooharie" was col. james smith (captured by native-americans and brought to live among them near sandusky bay) who had written about his visit to the "falls" on the river "canesadooharie." historians have guessed that the falls of which smith spoke might have been the same falls in the (now) city of elyria. subsequently, other historians surmised that the very word "canesadooharie" might translate to "black pearl," or even more romantically to "string of black pearls," apparently giving further credence to the notion that the "canesadooharie" referred to the black river. inconsistencies in smith's account raise some questions. the single "falls" smith describes were "12 to 15 feet high, and nearly perpendicular". however, both of the individual falls near the city of elyria are much larger--about 40 feet in height and absolutely perpendicular. these two black river falls are very near one another, within easy walking distance, and any person spending several weeks fishing and hunting in the area, as smith did, would not likely have overlooked the other falls here. the single falls which smith experienced over a many week period, may have been merely very steep rapids somewhere in the vicinity of (now) milan, ohio, but time and nature could have altered them beyond recognition, even by the mid-1800s. nevertheless, in the original edition of smith's account, he notes that the "canesadooharie" was "about 80 miles east of sandusky or betwixt sandusky and cayahaga (the cuyahoga river). although he gets the distance wrong, the black river is approximately midway between the sandusky and the cuyahoga. smith also notes that the canesadooharie "interlocks with the west branch of the muskingum." potentially, this could refer to the relatively short portage between the huron river and the black fork of the mohican river, which connects into the muskingum. just as likely, smith could be referring to the even shorter portage between the black river and killbuck creek. [sources: indian captivities (pp. 191–201) by drake (publ.1852, derby and miller); james smith, an account of the remarkable occurrences in the life and travels of colonel james smith, during his captivity with the indians, in the years 1755, ‘56, ‘57, ‘58, and ’59 (lexington, ky: john bradford, 1799); the wilderness trail (p. 338) by hanna (publ.1911 by knickerbocker, ny); diary(1787–1791) of david zeisberger, (publ.1885 by robert clarke and co., cinti.); history of lorain county, williams 1879]
black river (ohio)