On July 6, 1775, one day after restating their fidelity to King George III and wishing him “a long and prosperous reign” in the Olive Branch Petition, Congress sets “forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms” against British authority in the American colonies. The declaration also proclaimed their preference “to die free men rather than live as slaves.”

As in the Olive Branch Petition, Congress never impugned the motives of the British king. Instead, they protested, “The large strides of late taken by the legislature of Great Britain toward establishing over these colonies their absolute rule…” Congress provided a history of colonial relations in which the king served as the sole governmental connection between the mother country and colonies, until, in their eyes, the victory against France in the Seven Years’ War caused Britain’s “new ministry finding all the foes of Britain subdued” to fall upon “the unfortunate idea of subduing her friends also.” According to the declaration, the king’s role remained constant, but “parliament then for the first time assumed a power of unbounded legislation over the colonies of America,” which resulted in the bloodletting at Lexington and Concord in April 1775.

Source: history.com

So, in 2016,  Washington State had faithless electors and one or more charged $1000 …

What is the National Labor Relations Act? | Union Facts Friday Episode 16

URGENT: UFW worker leaders in NY have been detained

URGENT: This morning in Western NY, federal immigration agents stopped a bus of farmworkers from Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms. They had a list of names, including UFW worker leaders who had been organizing to unionize their workplace. Those workers were detained.

After worker leaders were detained, the bus transported the remaining workers to the worksite.

The targeting of known union supporters in this action is deeply troubling and raises questions about whether immigration enforcement is being misused to intimidate organizing workers. 

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1806 – A Spanish army repelled the British during their attempt to retake Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1811 – Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.

1814 – U.S. troops under Jacob Brown defeated a superior British force at Chippewa, Canada.

1830 – France occupied the North African city of Algiers.

1832 – The German government began curtailing freedom of the press after German Democrats advocate a revolt against Austrian rule.

1839 – British naval forces bombarded Dingai on Zhoushan Island in China and then occupied it.

1863 – U.S. Federal troops occupied Vicksburg, MS, and distributed supplies to the citizens.

1865 – William Booth founded the Salvation Army in London.

1865 – The U.S. Secret Service Division was created to combat currency counterfeiting, forging and the altering of currency and securities. 

1892 – Andrew Beard was issued a patent for the rotary engine.

1916 – Adelina and August Van Buren started on the first successful transcontinental motorcycle tour to be attempted by two women. They started in New York City and arrived in San Diego, CA, on September 12, 1916.

1935 – “Hawaii Call” was broadcast for the first time.

1935 – U.S. President Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act into law. The act authorized labor to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining. 

1940 – During World War II, Britain and the Vichy government in France broke diplomatic relations.

1941 – German troops reached the Dnieper River in the Soviet Union.

1943 – The battle of Kursk began as German tanks attack the Soviet salient. It was the largest tank battle in history.

1946 – The bikini bathing suit, created by Louis Reard, made its debut during a fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris. Micheline Bernardini wore the two-piece outfit.

1947 – Larry Doby signed a contract with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in the American League.

1948 – Britain’s National Health Service Act went into effect, providing government-financed medical and dental care.

1950 – U.S. forces engaged the North Koreans for the first time at Osan, South Korea.

1951 – Dr. William Shockley announced that he had invented the junction transistor.

1962 – Algeria became independent after 132 years of French rule.

1975 – Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title when he defeated Jimmy Connors.

1984 – The U.S. Supreme Court weakened the 70-year-old “exclusionary rule,” deciding that evidence seized with defective court warrants could be used against defendants in criminal trials. 

1989 – Former U.S. National Security Council aide Oliver North received a $150,000 fine and a suspended prison term for his part in the Iran-Contra affair. The convictions were later overturned.

1991 – Regulators shut down the Pakistani-managed Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) in eight countries. The charge was fraud, drug money laundering and illegal infiltration into the U.S. banking system.

1995 – The U.S. Justice Department decided not to take antitrust action against Ticketmaster.

1998 – Japan joined U.S. and Russia in space exploration with the launching of the Planet-B probe to Mars.

2000 – Jordanian security agents shot and killed a Syrian hijacker after he threw a grenade that exploded and wounded 15 passengers aboard a Royal Jordanian airliner.

2000 – 10 Bengal tigers, including 7 rare white tigers, died at the Nandankanan Zoo in India. The tigers died of trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).

2000 – Euan Blair, the oldest son of British prime minister Tony Blair, was arrested after police found him drunk and lying on the ground in London’s Leicester Square.