7th » Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion was seconded by John Adams and led to the United States Declaration of Independence.
8th » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières United States or American attackers are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
11th » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston (chancellor) named Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a United States Declaration of Independence named declarat
12th » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
15th » Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the Kingdom of Great Britain e.g British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
28th » Thomas Hickey (soldier) named Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
29th » First privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War fought at Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet known as Turtle Gut Inlet near Cape May, New Jersey
29th » Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.