WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO AUGUST 1776
Find out what all happened July to August 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: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London. (10. August 1776)

George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out loud to members of the Continental Army in New York, New York, for the first time. (9. July 1776)

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

The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place. (2. August 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)