WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1776
Find out what all happened January to September 1776

Richard Henry Lee presented the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion was seconded by John Adams and led to the United States Declaration of Independence. (7. June 1776)

The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain. (17. September 1776)

American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain. (12. April 1776)

American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign. (15. September 1776)

The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the first decisive American victory in the American Revolutionary War leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day. (28. June 1776)

Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco. (28. March 1776)

American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat. (6. April 1776)

The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4. (2. July 1776)

American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats. (2. March 1776)

American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Harlem Heights is fought. (16. September 1776)

American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston. (4. March 1776)

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières – American attackers are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. (8. June 1776)

The Continental Congress officially names its new union of sovereign states the United States. (9. September 1776)

Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution. (22. September 1776)

Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III. (4. May 1776)

Captain James Cook begins his third voyage. (12. July 1776)

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. (11. June 1776)

American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action. (1. January 1776)

Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition. (28. June 1776)

American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London. (10. August 1776)