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United Colonies Timeline

1774
5 Sep:  The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia.MtVernon USDoS
5 Sep:  Peyton Randolph is elected first President of the United Colonies.MtVernon USHoR
19 Oct:  The first flag representing dissension among the colonists is raised in Taunton, Massachusetts.CRWFlags RW&B
1775
23 Mar:  Patrick Henry utters his most memorable words: "Give me liberty, or give me death" at the Second Virginia Convention.CW Avalon
18 Apr:  Paul Revere rides out to warn the colonists that the British troops were on the march.PRH LoC
19 Apr:  The first battles of the American Revolution. British troops fight American Minutemen at Lexington, killing eight. The British then move to Concord where they again engage the colonials. By the end of the battle, 93 colonists are dead. The British, having lost 273, retreat to Boston.LoC NPS
10 May:  Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture Fort Ticonderoga.NPS VANY
7 Jun:  The proposal is put forth that the United Colonies become the United States of America.USNA LoC
14 Jun:  The Continental Army is established by the Second Continental Congress.USArmy USO
17 Jun:  The Battle of Bunker Hill takes place.LoC Yale
22 Jun:  The Continental Congress resolves to issue a paper currency backed by 2 million Spanish milled dollars in order to fund the fight with Britain.POLITICO LoC
30 Jun:  The Continental Congress attempts to notify the king of England that American colonists are unhappy with parliamentary policy by drafting the Articles of War.Avalon LoC
26 Jul:  The United States Post Service is established by the Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin is named Postmaster General.USPSOIG USNA
13 Oct:  Congress orders the formation of the Continental Navy, later to become the United States Navy.USNavy NPS
18 Oct:  Falmouth is burned by the British.MM UMaine
10 Nov:  A resolution is approved calling for two battalions of Marines able to fight for independence at sea and on shore.WHS USNI
13 Nov:  The American Continental Army takes Montreal, Canada, without opposition.History.com
3 Dec:  The first flag of the United States is flown by John Paul Jones on the ship Alfred.SIMag Navy
8 Dec:  American forces begin the Seige of Québec.LoC History.com
31 Dec:  After nearly a month, Continental forces, under command of Montgomery and Arnold, are soundly defeated after attacking Québec.CMoH SIMag
1776
9 Jan:  Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.CC BookRags
24 Jan:  After several months, the cannons captured at Fort Ticonderoga make it to Boston.APC AHC
7 Apr:  The American warship Lexington captures the first British warship of the American Revolution, the HMS Edward.RW DoD
4 Jul:  The United States is founded when the Second Continental Congress declares its independence from Great Britain.USHistory USNA
10 Aug:  Word of America's Declaration of Independence finally reaches London.TXSAR OSA
7 Sep:  David Bushnell's invention, American Turtle, the first combat submarine, is deployed against the H.M.S. Eagle in New York harbor.USSNautilus Archaeology
9 Sep:  Congress gives the United Colonies a name change - the United States of America.ANSI USNA