1760-1791 The American Revolution: Conflict between the
American Colonies and England.4
June 7, 1776 The
Continental Congress met in the “Pennsylvania State House (later Independence
Hall), Richard Henry Lee of Virginia presented a resolution with the famous
words: "Resolved: That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to
be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to
the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State
of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved."3
Drafting
of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson
July 2 Delegates of the Continental Congress voted
for independence. 2
July 4, 1776 The official date on the Declaration of
Independence. The thirteen, American Colonies independence from England with
the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.1
July 8 Liberty Bell run; first public reading of the
Declaration of Independence. 2
1 Study & Quiz https://quizlet.com/subject/1776-colonial-history/
4 Timeline of the[American] Revolutionary War http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.html
