WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1776
Find out what all happened May to December 1776

Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution. (26. October 1776)

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

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

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)

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

Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg. (7. October 1776)

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

American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots. (16. November 1776)

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

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

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general. (7. December 1776)

American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements. (29. November 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)

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

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