Spirit of 76
American independence fervor
The Spirit of 76 refers to the patriotic fervor and revolutionary ideals associated with American independence in 1776.
The phrase evokes images of the famous painting depicting fife and drum players marching through battle.
It suggests courage, self-determination, and defiance of tyranny: The protesters channeled the Spirit of 76 in their demands for reform.
- patriotDevoted country supporter
- founding fathersMale originators of institutions
- independenceFreedom from external control
- American RevolutionColonial separation from Britain
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
1776 · Fourth of July · fife · drum · fife and drum · colonial · America · stars and stripes · flag · red white blue · freedom · founding · liberty · minutemen · Continental Army · Yankee · musket · tricorn
- Famous PaintingsMona Lisa, Starry Night, The Birth of Venus, Guernica, American Gothic
- 1976bicentennial, Concorde, Nadia Comaneci, punk rock, Ramones
- Revolutionary MemorialsValley Forge
- military musicdrum, drums, fife, bugle, bugles
Spirit of 76defeatism
Acceptance of inevitable failure
capitulation · surrender · despair · hopelessness · demoralization
Spirit of 76Loyalism
Allegiance to ruling authority
royalism · tyranny · authoritarianism · monarchism · servility
Spirit of 76apathy
Absence of feeling
indifference · self-interest · complacency · passivity · free-riding
spirit, spirits, spirited, spiritual, spirituality, spiritually, dispirit, dispirited, sixth