what happend in the united staes in 1776

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1. amomipais82
   

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   March 1776
   
   Sunday 17:
   
   American Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington places artillery overlooking the city.
   
   Thursday 28:
   
   Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
   
   » March 1776
   
   
   May 1776
   
   Wednesday 01:
   
   Adam Weishaupt founds the Illuminati in Ingolstadt, Germany.
   
   Saturday 04:
   
   Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
   
   Wednesday 15:
   
   American Revolution: Virginia convention instructs its delegates to propose a declaration of independence from Great Britain.
   
   » May 1776
   
   
   June 1776
   
   Friday 07:
   
   American invaders skirmish with British at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
   
   Saturday 08:
   
   American invaders are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
   
   » June 1776
   
   
   July 1776
   
   Tuesday 02:
   
   The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain, though a formal Declaration of Independence is not adopted until July 4.
   
   Thursday 04:
   
   American Revolutionary War: The Continental Congress approves a Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
   
   Monday 08:
   
   The Liberty Bell was rung to summon citizens of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the reading of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress.
   
   Thursday 11:
   
   Captain James Cook begins third voyage.
   
   » July 1776
   
   
   August 1776
   
   Thursday 01:
   
   Formal signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.
   
   Friday 02:
   
   Delegates to the Continental Congress begin signing the United_States_Declaration of Independence.
   
   Tuesday 27:
   
   Battle of Long Island, in present day Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington
   
   » August 1776
   
   
   September 1776
   
   Friday 06:
   
   Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, killing more than 6000.
   
   Saturday 07:
   
   World's first submarine attack. The American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship Eagle in New York Harbor.
   
   Sunday 15:
   
   American Revolutionary War: British land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
   
   Monday 16:
   
   American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
   
   Sunday 22:
   
   Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution.
   
   » September 1776
   
   
   October 1776
   
   Monday 07:
   
   Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
   
   Wednesday 09:
   
   Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.
   
   Friday 11:
   
   On Lake Champlain 15 American gunboats are defeated but give Patriot forces enough time to prepare defenses of New York City.
   
   Monday 28:
   
   British forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans.
   
   » October 1776
   
   
   November 1776
   
   Saturday 16:
   
   American Revolutionary War: Hessian mercenaries capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
   
   » November 1776
   
   
   December 1776
   
   Thursday 05:
   
   At the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, the Phi Beta Kappa is founded as the first scholastic fraternity in the United States.
   
   Saturday 07:
   
   Marquis de Lafayette enters the American military as a major general.
   
   Wednesday 18:
   
   North Carolina's Constitution is ratified.
   
   Wednesday 25:
   
   George Washington and his army cross the Delaware River to attack the monarchy's Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey.
   
   Thursday 26:
   
   American Revolutionary War: The British were defeated in the Battle of Trenton.

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