Believe it or not, Brooklyn existed before the days of beard wax, tasting menus, and lazy trendpiece shorthand.  Brooklyn 1776, which launches for iOS next week, is about those earlier days. Much earlier. August 1776 was not a calm time in American history. George Washington (maybe you’ve heard of him?) was fresh off a victory over British forces in Boston and had travelled south to defend New York City. To put it mildly, the odds were against Washington and co. But, well, you’ve heard that story before, haven’t you?  As developers Creative Good put it: “General Washington and his new,…