111th Congress, 2nd Session
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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).
The first Speaker of the House, Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania
June 04, 1781
Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania—the House of Representatives’ first Speaker—died in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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.
General George Washington resigning his commission in Annapolis, Maryland
December 23, 1783
In one of the nation’s great acts of statesmanship, General George Washington voluntarily resigned his military commission to the Continental Congress at the State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
