April 7 » Captain John Barry and the USSLexington captures the Edward.
May 4 » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
June 15 » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.
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