independence from the British Empire, and after victory inthe Revolutionary War combined to form theUnitedStates of America. The American Revolution...
November 1777, and finalized by the Congress on November 15, 1777. It came into force on March 1, 1781, after being ratified by all 13 colonial states. A guiding...
agreeing to the UnitedStates Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of...
related to 1777. 1777 (MDCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar...
Washington and the British Army of General Sir William Howe on September 11, 1777, as part of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). The forces met near...
The president of theUnitedStates (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of theUnitedStates of America. The president directs the executive...
The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to theUnitedStates Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime...
The Battle of Germantown was a major engagement inthe Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on October 4, 1777, at Germantown...
designated as the Army of theUnitedStatesinthe U.S. Constitution. The Army is the oldest branch of the U.S. military and the most senior in order of precedence...
all states north of Maryland took steps towards abolishing slavery. In1777, the Vermont Republic, which was still unrecognized by theUnitedStates, passed...
Islam is the third largest religion intheUnitedStates (1%), behind Christianity (63%) and Judaism (2%), and equaling the shares of Buddhism and Hinduism...
theUnitedStates as the fourteenth state, Vermont was an independent republic known as the Vermont Republic (1777–1791). Three cities served as the capital...
of theUnitedStates were aware of the East India Company's activities and of their free administration of India under Company rule. On June 14, 1777, the...
was the first constitution of theUnitedStates. The document was drafted by a committee appointed by the Second Continental Congress in mid-June 1777 and...
The Burning of Kingston, New York, took place on October 16, 1777, a Thursday, during the American Revolutionary War as part of the Saratoga Campaign...
William Howe commanded the British forces in New York, and he drafted a plan for 1777in which the primary goal was to take the American capital at Philadelphia...
The history of the lands that became theUnitedStates began with the arrival of the first people inthe Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous...
The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over...
flags intheUnitedStates describing the evolution of the flag of theUnitedStates, as well as other flags used within theUnitedStates, such as the flags...
during the American Revolutionary War on September 16, 1777, inthe area surrounding present day Malvern, Pennsylvania. After the American defeat at the Battle...
soldier (b. c. 1727) 1777intheUnitedStates History of Delaware List of years in Delaware Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware...