WHAT HAPPENED IN 1776.
Look what happened the 1776.

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

Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense. (10. January 1776)

American Revolutionary War: Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (27. January 1776)

American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia. (27. February 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 first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau. (3. March 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 Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city. (17. March 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)

Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captures the Edward. (7. April 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)

Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt. (1. May 1776)

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

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

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

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