American Revolution · Second Continental Congress
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Enero
161 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1786 Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
171 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1706 Benjamin Franklin, American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (died 1790)
201 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1732 Richard Henry Lee, American lawyer and politician, President of the Continental Congress (died 1794)
252 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1819 University of Virginia chartered by Commonwealth of Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson one of its founders.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1791 The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
Febrero
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1775 American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1801 United States presidential election: A tie in the Electoral College between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
222 hechos ·
fallecimiento · 1770 Christopher Seider, first American killed in the American Revolution (born 1758)
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1770 British customs officer Ebenezer Richardson fires blindly into a crowd during a protest in North End, Boston, fatally wounding 11-year-old Christopher Seider; the first American fatality of the American Revolution.
261 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 1813 Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (born 1746)
Marzo
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1797 John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4.
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1766 American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
221 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1765 The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
311 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1774 American Revolution: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
Abril
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1818 The United States Congress, affirming the Second Continental Congress, adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (20 at that time).
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1776 American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
133 hechos ·
nacimiento · 1743 Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (died 1826)
2 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1943 The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
acontecimiento · 1976 The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1775 The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, the first abolition society in North America, is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
171 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 1790 Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (born 1706)
181 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1775 American Revolution: The British Army advances up the Charles River in Massachusetts to destroy supplies of American militias, while Paul Revere and other riders rapidly warn the countryside.
192 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1782 John Adams secures Dutch recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague becomes the first American embassy.
1 más ese día
nacimiento · 1721 Roger Sherman, American lawyer and politician (died 1793)
211 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1789 John Adams sworn in as first US Vice President (nine days before George Washington).
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1800 The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
Mayo
102 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1775 American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1773 The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
162 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1771 The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1777 Continental Army officer Lachlan McIntosh fatally wounds Button Gwinnett, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, in a duel in Savannah, Georgia.
191 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 1777 Button Gwinnett, British-born American politician and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (born 1735)
311 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1775 American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
Junio
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1774 Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act of 1774 is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
31 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1781 Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending British raid.
71 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1776 American Revolution: Richard Henry Lee proposes the "Lee Resolution" to the Second Continental Congress, with the motion being seconded by John Adams and leading to the United States Declaration of Independence.
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1776 American Revolution: The Second 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.
142 hechos ·
fallecimiento · 1801 Benedict Arnold, American general during the American Revolution later turned British spy (born 1741)
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1777 The Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States.
231 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1780 American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
281 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1776 American Revolution: Thomas Jefferson and the Committee of Five present the draft of the United States Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress, which orders it to "lie on the table" for further edits by the assembly.
Julio
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1776 American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts the Lee Resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain. The wording of the formal Declaration of Independence was agreed upon and publicly released two days later, on July 4.
44 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1776 American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress, formally announcing and explaining separation from the Kingdom of Great Britain and the creation of the United States.
3 más ese día
fallecimiento · 1826 Thomas Jefferson, American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of the United States (born 1743)
fallecimiento · 1826 John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (born 1735)
acontecimiento · 1774 Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1775 The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
81 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1776 John Nixon delivers the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
92 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1795 Financier James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt that had been accrued during the American Revolution.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1776 George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army in Manhattan, while thousands of British troops on Staten Island prepare for the Battle of Long Island.
101 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1778 American Revolution: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain.
231 hecho ·
fallecimiento · 1793 Roger Sherman, American lawyer and politician (born 1721)
261 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1775 The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
272 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1778 American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1775 Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
311 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1777 The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
Agosto
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1776 American Revolution: The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress takes place.
Septiembre
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1789 The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1774 First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
71 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1778 American Revolutionary War: France invades Dominica in the British West Indies, before Britain is even aware of France's involvement in the war.
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1739 Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
261 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1789 George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
271 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1772 Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson who had twelve children (died 1836)
281 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1779 American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
Octubre
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1776 American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
141 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1774 American Revolution: The First Continental Congress denounces the British Parliament's Intolerable Acts and demands British concessions.
201 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1774 American Revolution: The Continental Association, a nonconsumption and nonimportation agreement against the British Isles and the British West Indies, is adopted by the First Continental Congress.
261 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1774 American Revolution: The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
301 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1735 John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (died 1826)
Noviembre
13 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1800 John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
2 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1765 The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
acontecimiento · 1897 The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
221 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1744 Abigail Adams, American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (died 1818)
271 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1746 Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary for Foreign Affairs (died 1813)
Diciembre
32 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1775 American Revolution: becomes the first vessel to fly the Continental Union Flag (precursor to the "Stars and Stripes"); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1800 United States presidential election: The Electoral College casts votes for president and vice president that result in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
161 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1773 American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1777 American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.
222 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1807 The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.
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acontecimiento · 1825 The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns.
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