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Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation were the first formal governing compact of the thirteen United States. A drafting committee was appointed by the Continental Congress on June 11, 1776, with John Dicki...
November 15, 1777
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Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation were the first formal governing compact of the thirteen United States. A drafting committee was appointed by the Cont...
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Bavarian Succession Crisis and Treaty of Teschen (17...
On December 30, 1777, Elector Maximilian Joseph III of Bavaria died without a...
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation were the first formal governing compact of the ...
Treaty of Long Island of the Holston
Virginia and North Carolina's July 20, 1777 treaty with the Overhill Cherokee...
Vermont Constitution (1777)
On July 8, 1777, a convention of seventy-two delegates meeting at Windsor, Ve...
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Valley Forge Encampment
The Continental Army established its winter encampment at Valley Forge, Penns...
Siege of Fort Mifflin and the Battle of Red Bank
American forts on the Delaware repelled a bloody Hessian assault at Red Bank ...
Battle of Germantown
The Battle of Germantown, fought on October 4, 1777, was a major engagement o...
British Occupation of Philadelphia
The British occupation of Philadelphia began on September 26, 1777, when adva...
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Albrecht von Haller and the Close of the Founding Er...
The death in Bern on December 12, 1777 of Albrecht von Haller — the Swiss phy...
Smallpox Inoculation and Variolation in 1777
Smallpox inoculation and variolation dominated medical practice and public he...
Carl Wilhelm Scheele's "Chemical Treatise on Air and...
In 1777, Swedish-German apothecary Carl Wilhelm Scheele published his only bo...
The Royal Society Lightning Conductor Controversy of...
In 1777, the Royal Society became embroiled in a bitter dispute over whether ...
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Bavarian Succession Crisis and Treaty of T...
Dec 30
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Valley Forge Encampment
Dec 19
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Albrecht von Haller and the Close of the F...
Dec 12
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Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Dec 01
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Articles of Confederation
Nov 15
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