| 1 May 1776 | Massachusetts expunged the name of King George from legal proceedings |
| 1 May 1778 | Engagement at Crooked Billet PA |
| 1 May 1779 | Washington appointed officers for the court-martial of Benedict Arnold, charged with treason |
| 2 May 1775 | Gov. Patrick Henry called out the Virginia militia to protect the Williamsburg capital |
| 3 May 1778 | Washington received word from Franklin that France will be an ally |
| 4 May 1775 | Rhode Island renounced allegiance to the King |
| 4 May 1776 | Rhode Island refused to allow documents signed by King George to be enforced |
| 5 May 1775 | Engagement at Martha's Vineyard |
| 5 May 1775 | Franklin returned home and is elected to the Provincial Congress |
| 6 May 1740 | John Penn is born in Virginia. He signed the Declaration of Independence. |
| 6 May 1776 | Engagement at Plains of Abraham, Canada |
| 6 May 1780 | Engagement at Lanneau's Ferry SC |
| 7 May 1779 | The Continental ship "Providence" takes the brig "Diligent" off the coast of New Jersey |
| 7 May 1780 | Battle at Fort Moultrie SC |
| 8 May 1775 | Minutemen are called out in Massachusetts |
| 8 May 1777 | Engagement at Piscataway NJ |
| 8 May 1778 | Battle of Bordentown NJ |
| 8 May 1779 | Spain declares it is at war with England |
| 8 May 1780 | Engagement at Sullivan's Island SC |
| 9 May 1779 | Engagement at Fort Nelson (Portsmouth) VA |
| 9 May 1779 | British capture Portsmouth NH |
| 9 May 1781 | British surrender Pensacola FL to Gen. Galvez of Spain |
| 10 May 1730 | George Ross was born in Delaware. He signed the Declaration of Independence. |
| 10 May 1775 | Capture of Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen |
| 10 May 1775 | The Second Continental Congress |
| 10 May 1781 | Camden SC burned by the British |
| 11 May 1730 | John Hart was born in Connecticut. He signed the Declaration of Independence. |
| 11 May 1775 | Lexington Alarm posted in Charleston SC |
| 11 May 1775 | Patrick Henry has a militia guard on his way to the Congress in PA |
| 11 May 1779 | Northfolk, VA occupied by the British |
| 11 May and 13 May 1779 | Engagement at Coosawhatchie SC |
| 11 May 1779 | Engagement at Charleston Neck SC |
| 11 May 1781 | Engagement at Orangeburg SC |
| 12 May 1775 | Seth Warner takes Crown Point |
| 12 May 1780 | Surrender of Charleston SC |
| 12 May 1781 | Engagement at Fort Motte SC |
| 13 May 1775 | British Gen. Gage arrives in Boston MA with 15 patriots on a hit list |
| 13 May 1783 | Organization of the Society of the Cincinnati at the Verplanck House near Fishkill NY |
| 14 May 1775 | Engagement at Fort St. John, Canada |
| 14 May 1781 | Engagement at Nelson's Ferry SC |
| 14 May 1781 | Engagement at Croton River NY |
| 15 May 1776 | The Virginia assembly directed the Virginia delegates to vote for Independence |
| 15 May 1778 | Congress passed the measure recommending that all colonies form independent governments |
| 15 May 1778 | Congress voted to give half-pay for seven years to officers who will serve until end of the war |
| 15 May 1781 | Engagement at Fort Granby SC |
| 15 May 1781 | Engagement at Guilford NC |
| 16 May 1778 | Massachusetts voted to form its own government |
| 16 May 1780 | Gen. Lafayette is highly honored by Congress |
| 17 May 1772 | Rhode Island proposed a General Congress |
| 17 May 1772 | Rhode Island adopted its own ruling body |
| 17 May 1776 | Washington called for a national day of fasting |
| 18 May 1775 | Benedict Arnold was victorious over British and Canadian forces at St. Johns, Canada |
| 18 May 1777 | British Major Andre meets Peggy Shippen at a banquet. She became the wife of Gen. Benedict Arnold; Major Andre was later hanged by the Americans for acting as a courier for Arnold's plans to allow the British to take West Point |
| 18 May 1778 | The British staged a "Mischianza" at Philadelphia |
| 18 May 1780 | Le Nud's Ferry SC |
| 19 May 1776 | Washington sent Gen. Gates to Congress to plead for supplies |
| 19 May 1776 | Battle of the Cedars, Canada |
| 19 May 1777 | Engagement at Amelia Island FL |
| 20 May 1774 | The Charter of Massachusetts was annulled and its people declared rebels by the British Parliament |
| 20 May 1775 | The Mecklenburg NC Accords of Independence were signed |
| 20 May 1778 | Unsuccessful attempt of British to surround Lafayette's troops at Barren Hill |
| 20 May 1778 | Engagement at Barren Hill PA |
| 21 May 1775 | The Pennsylvania assembly passed a Declaration of Rights |
| 21 May 1775 | Engagement at Grape Island MA |
| 21 May 1781 | Washington joins up with French Gen. Rochambeau in RI for the march to Yorktown |
| 21 May 1781 | Engagement at Silver Bluff SC |
| 21 May 1782 | Engagement at Fort Galpin (Fort Dreadnaught) GA |
| 21 May 1782 | Engagement at Ogechee Road, near Savannah GA |
| 22 May 1780 | Battle of Johnstown NY |
| 22 May 1780 | Engagement at Caughnawaga NY |
| 22 May to 19 Jun 1781 | Siege of Ninety-six SC |
| 22 May 1783 | Washington (at Newburgh NY) received a letter from Col. Nicola (claiming to represent other), urging the founding of a monarchy |
| 23 May 1775 | New York issued a Declaration of Rights |
| 23 May 1777 | Capture of Sag Harbor (on Long Island) by Americans |
| 23 May 1781 | Gen. Greene attacked Fort Ninety-six in SC |
| 24 May 1774 | Virginia declared a day of fasting |
| 24 May 1775 | John Hancock of MA was elected the first Congressional president |
| 24 May 1781 | Engagement of Augusta GA (Fort Cornwallis and Fort Grierson) |
| 24 May 1782 | Engagement near Sharon GA |
| 25 May 1775 | Ships of war and troop transports arrive in Boston MA with British Generals Howe, Burgoyne, and Clinton |
| 26 May 1775 | Congress declares a "United Colonies of America" as the name of our new government |
| 26 May 1776 | Engagement at Hogg Island MA |
| 26 May 1776 | Engagement at Vandreuell, Canada |
| 27 May 1775 | Engagement at Noddle's Island MA. |
| 27 May 1775 | Washington is forced to move his headquarters again, over the course of the war these were set up at over 100 locations |
| 28 May 1775 | Engagement at Hogg Island MA |
| 29 May 1736 | Patrick Henry was born in Virginia. His backing of Clark (for the expedition to the west coast) was critical to securing the West for the United States. |
| 29 May 1780 | Engagement at Waxhaw SC (Buford's Massacre) was a bitter defeat for the Americans |
| 29 May 1790 | Rhode Island ratified the Constitution |
| 30 May 1780 | Two prized British ships full of supplies were captured at Newbury MA |
| 31 May 1774 | Maryland issued a Declaration of Rights |
| 31 May 1778 | Engagement at Tiverton NJ |
| 31 May 1779 | British troops under Gen. Clinton take Stony Point (on the Hudson River in NY) |
| 1 Jun 1774 | The port of Boston MA is closed to shipping by The British Parliament |
| 1 Jun 1778 | Engagement at Cobleskill NY |
| 1 Jun 1779 | Engagement at Fort Fayette NY |
| 2 Jun 1779 | The Americans suffered a defeat at Verplanck's Point (on the Hudson River in NY) |
| 3 Jun 1775 | Gen. Moultrie prepares for an attack on Fort Sullivan in Charleston SC |
| 4 Jun 1781 | Gen. Lafayette crosses the Rapidan River and takes the road to Yorktown VA as the British retreat. |
| 4 Jun 1782 | Engagement at Sandusky OH |
| 5 Jun 1775 | The first "Liberty Pole" goes up in Savannah GA |
| 5 Jun 1781 | Colonel Lee takes Augusta GA |
| 5 Jun 1781 | Engagement at Fort Cornwallis GA |
| 5 Jun 1781 | British suffer the loss of Augusta GA |
| 6 Jun 1774 | Connecticut issued a "Declaration of Independence" |
| 6 Jun 1776 | Battle of Three Rivers, Canada |
| 6 Jun 1780 | Engagement at Elizabethtown NJ |
| 7 Jun 1776 | Resolutions that These united colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent States, introduced in Congress by Richard Henry Lee |
| 7 Jun 1779 | The British burn Fairfield CT |
| 7 Jun to 23 Jun 1780 | Engagement at Connecticut Farms NJ |
| 8 Jun 1776 | The battle at Three Rivers, Canada, ends in an American tragedy |
| 9 Jun 1772 | The British sloop "Gaspee" is burned at Providence RI in the first act of rebellion against King George III |
| 10 Jun 1776 | Congress authorized a Permanent "War and Ordinance Board" to supply the military |
| 10 Jan 1777 | Engagement at Fogland Ferry RI |
| 11 Jun 1774 | New Jersey enacted a "Declaration of Rights" |
| 11 Jun 1776 | New York virtually declares for Independence |
| 11 Jun 1781 | Congress names a "Peace Commission" to aid John Adams. Franklin, Jefferson, and Laurens are the new commissioners. |
| 12 Jun 1775 | British Gen. Gage put all of Massachusetts under his rule of martial law |
| 12 Jun 1775 | The British ship Margaretta was seized at Machias ME (then MA) |
| 12 Jun 1776 | Virginia proclaimed "The Rights of Man" |
| 12 Jun 1780 | Engagement at Middletown NJ |
| 13 Jun 1776 | Gen. Lee reviews the garrison and fortifications at Fort Moultrie in Charleston SC |
| 14 Jun 1777 | Congress approves the design of a flag to represent the nation |
| 14 Jun 1776 | Connecticut instructs her delegates to vote for Independence |
| 14 Jun 1777 | John Paul Jones receives his naval commission |
| 15 Jun 1775 | Congress appointed George Washington to be Commander-in-Chief of the Army. He refused an salary and accepted only expenses. |
| 15 Jun 1776 | Delaware declared for Independence |
| 15 Jun 1776 | New Hampshire declared for Independence |
| 16 Jun 1776 | Engagement at Chambly, Canada |
| 16 Jun 1777 | British retake Crown Point NY |
| 17 Jun 1742 | William Hooper was born in Massachusetts. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence for North Carolina. |
| 17 Jun 1775 | Battle of Bunker Hill [actually Breed's Hill] outside of Boston MA was won by the British but at a heavy cost in officers and men. |
| 17 Jun 1775 to March 1776 | Siege of Boston MA |
| 17 Jun 1777 | Engagement at Millstone NJ |
| 17 Jun 1781 | Congress voted to give medical officers half-pay for life |
| 18 Jun 1778 | The British evacuated Philadelphia when the French fleet reached the Delaware River. |
| 18 Jun 1781 | Siege of Fort Ninety-six by the Americans |
| 19 Jun 1776 | Frederick County MD proposed that Mennonites and Quakers not be exempted from military service. |
| 19 Jun 1779 | Battle of Greenwich CT |
| 20 Jun 1776 | Washington received his commission and started out for Cambridge MA |
| 20 Jun 1779 | Engagement at Stono Ferry SC |
| 20 Jun 1780 | Engagement at Ramsour's Mill NC |
| 20 Jun 1782 | The Great Seal of the United States was adopted by Congress |
| 21 Jun 1731 | Martha Dandridge was born in Virginia. She became the wife of George Washington. |
| 21 Jun 1788 | New Hampshire ratified the Constitution |
| 22 Jun 1774 | The colony of Canada was given all the land west of the Appalachian Mountains up to the Mississippi River in order to keep it neutral in the struggle between the lower thirteen colonies and England. |
| 22 Jun 1777 | British Gen. Howe burned the homes in Amboy NJ (now Perth Amboy) |
| 23 Jun 1775 | The newly-commissioned Commander-in-Chief George Washington is escorted out of Philadelphia by Massachusetts troops. |
| 23 Jun 1777 | An Act of Congress formed a "Corps of Invalids" |
| 23 Jun 1780 | Americans hold off Hessian troops at Springfield NJ |
| 23 Jun 1782 | Engagement at Ebenezer GA |
| 24 Jun 1776 | American troops retreat from Montreal, Canada |
| 24 Jun 1776 | Engagement at Isle aux Noix, Canada |
| 25 Jun 1788 | Virginia ratified the Constitution |
| 26 Jun 1742 | Arthur Midleton was born in South Carolina. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence for South Carolina. |
| 26 Jun 1777 | Engagement at Short Hills NJ |
| 26 Jun 1777 | In an engagement at Westfield NJ, troops under Gen. Alexander (also known as Lord Stirling) gain a draw with British troops under Gen. Cornwallis. |
| 26 Jun 1781 | Engagement at Rahway Meadow NJ |
| 26 Jun 1781 | Engagement at Spencer's Travern VA |
| 26 Jun 1778 | Washington gave Gen. Charles Lee orders to attack the British rear guard at Monmouth NJ, but they were ignored by Lee. |
| 27 Jun 1788 | New York ratified the Constitution |
| 28 Jun 1776 | Maryland declares for Independence |
| 28 Jun 1776 | British Adm. Parker is repulsed at Fort Moultrie, Charleston SC |
| 28 Jun and 29 Jun 1776 | Battle at Fort Sullivan (Sullivan's Island) SC |
| 28 Jun 1778 | At the battle of Monmouth NJ Washington turns defeat into victory and orders Gen. Lee off the field. |
| 28 Jun 1778 | Engagement at Freehold Courthouse NJ |
| 28 Jun 1779 | Engagement at Hickory Hill GA |
| 29 Jun 1767 | Parliament passed an act imposing duties on glass, paper, painters' colors and tea imported into the American Colonies |
| 29 Jun 1774 | Delaware issued its "Declaration of Rights" |
| 29 Jun 1781 | The British are forced to evacuate Fort Ninety-six in SC |
| 30 Jun 1777 | British Gen. Howe evacuates New Jersey |
| 30 Jun 1778 | Gen. Charles Lee is relieved of command and brought up for a court-martial. |
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