WHAT HAPPENED IN 1776.
Look what happened the 1776.

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

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

First privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War fought at Turtle Gut Inlet near Cape May, New Jersey (29. June 1776)

Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California. (29. June 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 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)

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)

The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place. (2. August 1776)

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

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

American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army. (10. September 1776)

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

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

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

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

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