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General George Washington wrote a letter to the Continental Congress about conditions in the city of Boston
March 24, 1776
On this date, General George Washington wrote a letter to the Continental Congress about conditions in the city of Boston, which British troops had evacuated after a one-year occupation.
The Continental Congress agreed to declare independence from Great Britain
July 02, 1776
The Continental Congress agreed on this date to declare independence from Great Britain.
The Articles of Confederation
November 15, 1777
On this date, the Continental Congress adopted and sent to the state legislatures a plan for the inaugural national government under the Articles of Confederation (approved by the states in March 1781).
Constantino Brumidi’s fresco of the British Surrender at Yorktown
October 17, 1781
On this date, General George Washington accepted Lord Cornwallis’s surrender at Yorktown, marking the penultimate battle of the Revolutionary War.
Representative Daniel Webster of New Hampshire
January 18, 1782
Daniel Webster, a House Member from New Hampshire during the 13th and 14th Congresses (1813–1817), as well as a Representative from Massachusetts from the 18th through the 20th Congresses (1823–1829), was born on this date in Salisbury, New Hampshire.
Speaker of the House John W. Taylor of New York
March 26, 1784
On this date, Speaker of the House John W. Taylor of New York was born in Charlton, New York.
The opening of the First Congress in New York City
March 04, 1789
The First Congress was scheduled to meet in New York City on this date, though it failed to achieve the quorum necessary to conduct business.
