WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 1776
Find out what all happened May to October 1776

American Revolution: the Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence. (15. May 1776)

Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces. (21. September 1776)

The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted. (12. June 1776)

American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars. (19. May 1776)

American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress. The United States declared its independence in 1776. (4. July 1776)

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

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

Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington. (27. August 1776)

First privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War fought at Turtle Gut Inlet near Cape May, New Jersey (29. June 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)

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

American Revolutionary War: Battle of White Plains – British Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans. (28. October 1776)

According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist). (7. September 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: Battle of Valcour Island – On Lake Champlain a fleet of American boats is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777. (11. October 1776)

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

Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution. (26. October 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)

Delaware Separation Day – Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania. (15. June 1776)

British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War. (11. September 1776)