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The Battle was fought on June 17, 1775, during the early stages of the American Revolutionary war.
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Was drafted by John Dickinson but later was approved by The Second Continental Congress on July 5th.
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This meeting was where we adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776.
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The British landed 32000 men at Staten Island. The Americans set up fortified positions across the harbor in Brooklyn. The American army proved unable to hold up against the British. Battle ended in disaster for the Americans.
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Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 trying to get independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
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On June 11, 1776, Congress appointed a "Committee of Five", consisting of John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Roger Sherman of Connecticut, to draft a declaration
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Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing.
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the military camp 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia where the American Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–78 during the American Revolutionary War
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victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. Wikipedia
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a British plan in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia.
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The Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little York, ending on October 19, 1781
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negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
