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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 ...
Vermont Constitution (1777)
On July 8, 1777, a convention of seventy-two delegates meeting at Windsor, Ve...
Flag Resolution — Stars and Stripes (1777)
On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress, then meeting in Philadelph...
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Valley Forge Encampment
The Continental Army established its winter encampment at Valley Forge, Penns...
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...
Battles of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga comprised two engagements fought near Saratoga, New Y...
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Smallpox Inoculation and Variolation in 1777
Smallpox inoculation and variolation dominated medical practice and public he...
The Royal Society Lightning Conductor Controversy of...
In 1777, the Royal Society became embroiled in a bitter dispute over whether ...
Lavoisier's Oxygen Theory
In 1777, Antoine Lavoisier published "Mémoire sur la combustion en général" (...
Laplace's Nebular Hypothesis and Cosmological Revolu...
Throughout the 1770s, and crucially in 1777, French mathematician and astrono...
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Valley Forge Encampment
Dec 19
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Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Dec 01
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Articles of Confederation
Nov 15
Economics & Trade
Franco-American Diplomatic Breakthrough (1...
Oct 17
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