March 9 » The Wealth of Nations by Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith is published.
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.
July 12 » Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
August 27 » Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
December 19 » Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis".
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