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Events from the year 1778 in the United States.

## Incumbents

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* President of the Second Continental Congress: Henry Laurens (until December 10), John Jay (starting December 10)

## Events

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### January–March

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* January 18 - The third Pacific expedition of Capt. James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, first view O'ahu then Kaua'i in the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the Sandwich Islands.
* February 5 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
* February 6 - American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France, signaling official recognition of the new republic.
* February 23 - American Revolutionary War: Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and begins to train the American troops.
* March 18 - American Revolutionary War - Battle of Quinton's Bridge

### April–June

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June 28: Battle of Monmouth

* May 1 - American Revolutionary War - Battle of Crooked Billet
* May 17 - American Revolutionary War - Battle of Thomas Creek
* May 20 - American Revolutionary War - Battle of Barren Hill
* May 30 - Benedict Arnold signs U.S. oath of allegiance at Valley Forge.[1]
* June 24 - A total solar eclipse takes place across parts of the U.S. from Texas to Virginia.
* June 28 - American Revolutionary War - Battle of Monmouth: George Washington's Continental Army battles the British general Sir Henry Clinton's army to a draw near Monmouth, New Jersey.

### July–September

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July 3: Battle of Wyoming

* July 3 - American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Wyoming, also known as the Wyoming Massacre, takes place near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, ending in a terrible defeat for the Americans.
* July 4 - American Revolutionary War: George Rogers Clark takes Kaskaskia.
* July 27 - American Revolution - First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
* August 29 - American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Rhode Island takes place when the Continental Army attempts to retake Aquidneck Island from the British.
* September - The Massachusetts Banishment Act, providing punishment for Loyalists, is passed.
* September 17 - The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed, the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware).
* September 19 - The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.

### October–December

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November 11: Cherry Valley massacre

* October 6 - American Revolutionary War - Battle of Chestnut Neck
* November 11 - American Revolutionary War: Cherry Valley massacre - British forces and their Iroquois allies attack a fort and the village of Cherry Valley, New York, killing 14 soldiers and 30 civilians.
* November 26 - In the Hawaiian Islands, Capt. James Cook becomes the first European to land on Maui.
* November 30 – American Revolutionary War: Continental Army in winter quarters at Middlebrook Cantonment, New Jersey.

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* The first settlement is made in the area of what is now Louisville, Kentucky by 13 families under Colonel George Rogers Clark.
* Phillips Academy, a prestigious secondary boarding school in the United States, is founded by Samuel Phillips Jr.
* The term "thoroughbred" is first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick.

### Ongoing

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* American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
* Slavery in the United States

## Births

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* January 6 - Thomas Lincoln, farmer and father of President Abraham Lincoln (died 1851)
* February 22 - Rembrandt Peale, artist and museum keeper (died 1860)
* April 11 - John Johnson, early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement in Ohio (died 1843)
* April 27 - Gideon Lee, politician (died 1841)
* May 3 - David Wilder, Jr., politician (died 1866)
* May 15 - Enoch Fenwick, Jesuit priest (died 1827)
* August 1
* John Collins Warren, magazine founder (died 1856)
* Mary Jefferson Eppes, Thomas Jefferson's younger child (died 1804)
* August 2
* Jabez Delano Hammond, politician (died 1855)
* Robert Richford Roberts, bishop (died 1843)
* August 3 - Jessup Nash Couch, politician (died 1821)
* August 4 - John Hunter, politician (died 1852)
* August 15 - John Tanner, early Mormon leader (died 1850)
* August 18 - Silas Condit, politician (died 1861)
* August 26 - John Adams, United States House of Representatives member (died 1854)
* August 27 - Mary Whitmer, Book of Mormon witness (died 1856)

## Deaths

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* June 12 – Philip Livingston, merchant and statesman from New York City (born 1716)
* November 11 – 30 people in the Cherry Valley massacre
* June 15 - William Henry Ferrell (born 1740) "killed by Indians in New Garden Settlement, Washington, Virginia, United States" Source: Ancestry.com

## See also

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* Timeline of the American Revolution (1760–1789)

## References

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1. ^ "Benedict Arnold". Ushistory.org. Retrieved July 29, 2014.

## External links

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* Media related to 1778 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons

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