Take a look at the events of the American Revolution that took place in the month of June.
June 1
1779 – Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, is court-martialed for malfeasance.
1792 – Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
1796 – Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.
June 2
1774 – Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
June 3
1781 – Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
June 4
June 5
June 6
June 7
1776 – Richard Henry Lee presents the "Lee Resolution" to the Continental Congress. The motion is seconded by John Adams and will lead to the United States Declaration of Independence.
1780 - Battle of Connecticut Farms
June 8
1776 – American Revolutionary War: American attackers are driven back at the Battle of Trois-Rivières.
1789 – James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
June 9
1772 – The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay Rhode Island. (The Gaspee Affair)
June 10
1780 - Battle of Mobley's Meeting House
June 11
1775 – The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
1776 – The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a Declaration of Independence. (Read the Document here)
June 12
1775 – British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
1776 – The Virginia Declaration Of Rights is adopted.
June 13
1774 – Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
1777 – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
June 14
1775 – The Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
1777 – The Stars and Stripes are adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.
June 15
1775 – George Washington is appointed the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
1776 – Delaware Separation Day: Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
June 16
1774 – Foundation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
1779 – Spain declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
June 17
1775 – Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill. (Also read: The Battle of Bunker Hill, An English Account)
June 18
1778 – British troops abandon Philadelphia.
June 19
June 20
1779 - Battle of Stono Ferry
1780 - Battle of Ramsour's Mill
1782 – The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
June 21
1788 – New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the ninth state in the United States.
June 22
1774 – The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
1775 - Nathanael Greene becomes a general in the Continental Army.
June 23
1780 – Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).
June 24
1700 - Samuel Sewall published The Selling of Joseph, one of the first antislavery writings in American history
1776 - Congress resolves to imprison Governor William Franklin (son of Benjamin Franklin) of New Jersey in Connecticut.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Great Siege of Gibraltar begins.
June 25
1776 - In response to letters from Schuyler, Sullivan, and Arnold transmitted in a letter of 23 June from George Washington, the congress resolved that the number of men for the Northern Department be increased to 4,000; that Major Dubois be made a colonel and ordered to raise a regiment; that the force to be sent to the Northern Department be augmented by one regiment from New Hampshire, two regiments from Massachusetts, and one regiment from Connecticut, the regiments to be supplied by their respective colonies with reimbursement to come from the congress; that a regimental paymaster, not an officer of the army, be appointed by each of the colonies for the battalions. (Source: Founders Online)
1783 - French forces attempt to break the Siege of Cuddalore, India, the last battle of the American Revolution.
1788 – Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
June 26
1776 - The Cherokee Attack on Captain James McCall's Camp in South Carolina.
1777 - Battle of Short Hills
1779 - Colonel Paul Revere assembled a militia under his command.
June 27
1776 - Congress resolves to create rifle regiments in Virginia, New York, and Maryland, and to form a battalion of Germans.
1778 - The Liberty Bell came home to Philadelphia after the British departure.
June 28
1776 – The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the first decisive American victory in the American Revolutionary War leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day. (The first siege of Charleston)
1776 – Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.
1778 – The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.
June 29
1776 – First privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War fought at Turtle Gut Inlet near Cape May, New Jersey
June 30
1775 - the Continental Congress drafts its rationale for taking up arms against Great Britain in the Articles of War.
1778 - Battle of Alligator Bridge
1794 – Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
1805 – The U.S. Congress organizes the Michigan Territory.
