April 6 » American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.
June 8 » American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
August 2 » The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
September 15 » American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
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