On this day in 1776. “I cannot but take

On this day in 1776. “I cannot but take notice how wonderfully Providence has smiled upon us by causing the several colonies to unite so firmly together against the tyranny of Great Britain,” Samuel West, a soldier and minister, speaks to leaders in Massachusetts on May 29, 1776. “They [the English government] are robbing us of the inalienable rights that the God of nature has given us.” http://www.revolution240.com http://ow.ly/i/engZ6