When David Broomall was born in 1764, in Thornbury Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Daniel Broomall, was 36 and his mother, Martha Talbot, was 29. He died on 2 July 1840, at the age of 76.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
English (Staffordshire): variant of Broomhall . This surname is rare in Britain.
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