1776 in the Thirteen Colonies

May 2024 May 2024 May 2024 1776 1776 In the first half of 1776, the Thirteen Colonies individually declared independence from the British Empire. On July 4, the Declaration of Independence marked the beginning of the United States. Incumbents President of the Second Continental Congress: John Hancock Events events after July 3 1776 in the United States January January 1 The 3rd New Jersey Regiment is raised at Elizabethtown, New Jersey. American Revolution: Burning of Norfolk. The 22nd Continental Regiment is formed. January 2 – The Tory Act of 1776 is signed by Peyton Randolph.https://www.loc.gov/resource/bdsdcc.00801/?st=text The Tory Act : published by order of the Continental Congress, Philadelphia, Jan. 2, 1776 Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774 to 1789 U.S. Library of Congress 90898112 977360698 January 10 – Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.http://www.ushistory.org/march/timeline.htm Timeline of the American Revolutionary War Independence Hall 2007-06-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20070530054927/http://ushistory.org/march/timeline.htm May 30, 2007 January 20 – American Revolution: South Carolina Loyalists led by Robert Cunningham, signed a petition from prison agreeing to all demands for peace by the newly formed state government of South Carolina. January 24 American Revolution: Henry Knox arrives at Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the artillery that he has transported from Fort Ticonderoga. American Revolution: The Continental Congress writes the third and final letter to the inhabitants of Canada urging Quebec to join the revolution. January 28 – The Annapolis Convention changes to the Assembly of Freeman. February February 27 – American Revolution: Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge: North Carolina Loyalists charge across Moore's Creek bridge near Wilmington to attack what they mistakenly believe to be a small force of rebels. Several loyalist leaders are killed in the ensuing battle. The patriot victory virtually ends all British authority in the town. February 29 – The Boston News-Letter ceased publication. March March 2–3 – American Revolution: Battle of the Rice Boats: Following the British seizure of rice from merchant ships on the Savannah River, militia from Georgia and South Carolina attack the British squadron on the river using fire ships. March 3–4 – Raid of Nassau. March 4 – American Revolution: The Americans capture "Dorchester Heights" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts. March 7 – The 1st and 2nd Maryland Regiments are organized. March 17 – American Revolution: Threatened by Patriot cannons on Dorchester Heights, the British evacuate Boston. March 26 – Henry Laurens ends as the President of the South Carolina Committee on Safety and becomes the Vice President of South Carolina.Force, 1837, Vol II, pp. 1723-1724 March 27 – The 3rd, 4th and 6th Maryland Regiments are organized. March 28 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco. April April 3 – Nicholas Cooke is elected the 1st Governor of Rhode Island.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=237738 Our Campaigns - RI Governor Race - Apr 03, 1776 www.ourcampaigns.com 2020-04-24 April 4 – the first session of the Fourth North Carolina Provincial Congress meets in Halifax, North Carolina with Samuel Johnston as president and Allen Jones as vice president.Powell, William Stevens 2006 Encyclopedia of North Carolina, Provincial Congresses University of North Carolina Press 917–918 Butler, Lindley https://www.ncpedia.org/provincial-congresses 0807830712http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/tryon.htm State Library of North Carolina. Information page for Tryon Palace https://web.archive.org/web/20080503073914/http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/tryon.htm 2008-05-03https://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/nc_revolution_4th_provincial_congress_members.html 4th Provincial Congress Lewis, J. D. August 13, 2019 The American Revolution in North Carolinahttp://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/manual/manual.html#p387 A Manual of North Carolina Issued by the North Carolina Historical Commission for the Use of Members of the General Assembly Session 1913 1913 Connor, Robert Diggs Wimberly August 13, 2019https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/johnston-samuel Samuel Johnston Bair, Anna Withers 1988 NCPEDIA November 2, 2019https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/jones-allen Allen Jones Howerton, Timothy L. NCPEDIA 1988 November 2, 2019 April 11 – Jonathan Trumbull elected the 16th governor of Connecticut.https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=218638 Our Campaigns - CT Governor Race - Apr 11, 1776 www.ourcampaigns.com 2020-03-20 April 12 – American Revolution: The Royal Colony of North Carolina produces the Halifax Resolves making it the first British colony to officially authorize its Continental Congress delegates to vote for independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. April 15 – Archibald Bulloch is sworn in as the first governor of Georgia. May May – The German Battalion is authorized. May 4 American Revolution: Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III of Great Britain. The Edenton, Halifax, Hillsborough, New Bern, Salisbury and Wilmington District Brigades are established by the North Carolina Provincial Congress. May 6 – The Fifth Virginia Convention is first held at Williamsburg. May 14 – The first session of the Fourth North Carolina Provincial Congress ends. May 15 – American Revolution: The Continental Congress passes John Adams' preamble, explaining why a declaration of independence was being proposed. The Lee Resolution of independence is first brought before Congress. June thumb|right|June 28: The United States Declaration of Independence is presented to the Congress June 7 – American Revolution: Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposes to the Continental Congress the Lee Resolution that "these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states." June 8 American Revolution: Battle of Trois-Rivières: American invaders are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Lee's Legion is raised at Williamsburg, Virginia. June 11 – American Revolution: The Continental Congress appoints the Committee of Five to draft the Declaration of Independence. The principal draft will be written by Thomas Jefferson. June 12 – American Revolution: Virginia Declaration of Rights by George Mason adopted by the Virginia Convention of Delegates. June 15 – American Revolution: Delaware Separation Day: The Delaware General Assembly votes to suspend government under the British Crown. June 17 Lt. Jose Joaquin Moraga leads a band of colonists from Monterey Presidio, landing on June 29 and, with Father Francisco Palóu, constructing the Mission San Francisco de Asís ("Mission Dolores") of the new Presidio of San Francisco, the oldest surviving building in the modern-day city. The Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment is organized.Ford, v. 5, pp. 452, 486. June 18 – The Pennsylvania Provincial Conference begins at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia. June 25 – The Pennsylvania Provincial Conference ends at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia. June 28 American Revolution: The Committee of Five presents their United States Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress, which begins a further revision process, removing reference to slavery. Battle of Sullivan's Island. Thomas Hickey becomes the first person executed by the Continental Army for mutiny, sedition, and treachery. June 29 American Revolution: Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet – The Continental Navy successfully challenges the British Royal Navy blockade off Cape May County, New Jersey. The Constitution of Virginia is first adopted with Patrick Henry elected its first governor defeating Thomas Nelson Jr.. July vertical 200 July 4: United States Declaration of Independence United_States_Declaration_of_Independence.jpg Signing of Declaration of Independence by Armand-Dumaresq, c1873.png July 1 – American Revolution: Congress sitting as a committee of the whole votes in favor of independence. July 2 – American Revolution: The final (despite minor revisions) U.S. Declaration of Independence is written. The full Continental Congress passes the Lee Resolution. July 3 – American Revolution: British troops first land on Staten Island, which will become the longest occupied land for the duration of the conflict. July 4 – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence, in which the United States officially declares independence from the British Empire, is approved by the Continental Congress and signed by its president, John Hancock, together with representatives from Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Virginia. Undated Undated Births births after July 3 1776 in the United States#Births January 1 – James M. Broom, politician (died 1850) January 2 – Jeremiah Chaplin, Reformed Baptist theologian (died 1841) January 16 – Matthew Brown, college president (died 1853) January 21 – Elisha Haley, politician (died 1860) January 24 – Peter A. Jay, politician (died 1843) February 26 – Innis Green, congressman for Pennsylvania (died 1839) March 1 John Collins, manufacturer and politician (died 1822) Elias Moore, American-born politician (died 1847 in Canada) March 3 – James Parker, politician (died 1868) March 5 – Gerard Troost, mineralogist (died 1850) March 8 David Rogerson Williams, politician (died 1830) Samuel Tweedy, politician (died 1868) March 17 – Joel Abbot, politician (died 1826) March 19 – Philemon Beecher, politician (died 1839) March 20 – Joshua Bates, educator (died 1854) April 6 – Jesse Bledsoe, U.S. senator from Kentucky from 1813 to 1814 (died 1836) April 25 – James Miller, politician and military general (died 1851) May 5 – Valentine Efner, politician (died 1865) May 6 – Rensselaer Westerlo, politician (died 1851) May 13 – Jett Thomas, militia general (died 1817) May 17 – Amos Eaton, naturalist and pioneer of scientific education (died 1842) May 18 – Dennis Pennington, politician (died 1854) May 31 – José Antonio de la Garza, mayor (died 1851) June 1 – George Schetky, violoncellist and composer (died 1831) June 4 – Isaac B. Van Houten, politician (died 1850) June 6 – William Reed, politician (died 1837) June 19 – Francis Johnson, congressman (died 1842) June 23 – Stephen Longfellow, politician (died 1849) July 1 – Samuel Thatcher, politician (died 1872) Deaths deaths after July 3 1776 in the United States#Deaths March 26 – Samuel Ward, politician (born 1725) March 30 – Jonathan Belcher, lawyer, chief justice, and lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia (born 1710) June 28 – Thomas Hickey, sergeant in the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, tried and executed for mutiny and sedition (birth unknown) References Works cited Stokes Isaac Newton Phelps Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498–1909 1915–1928 Robert H. Dodd External links Digital Public Library of America 1776 Timeline http://dp.la/timeline#1776 https://archive.today/20140606191949/http://dp.la/timeline%231776#1776 June 6, 2014 dead 1776 1776 Thirteen Colonies Category:Years of the 18th century in the Thirteen Colonies