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American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
- Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775
- The Province of New Hampshire adopts a constitution for an independent State of New Hampshire, January 5, 1776
- The Province of South Carolina adopts a constitution for an independent State of South Carolina on March 15, 1776
- The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on May 4, 1776
- The Colony of Connecticut declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on June 18, 1776
- The Colony