16 Sep 1775 Ile aux Noix, Quebec Gen Richard Montgomery replaces the sickly Gen Phillip Schuyler as commander of the Canada expedition. Reinforced by Seth Warner – he decides to move on the British garrison at St John's with 2,000 men. #RevWar #History #AmRev

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16 Sep 1776 Gen Washington’s Continental Army turned & held its ground on Haarlem Heights, checking the British advance & restoring American morale. Americans suffer 56 casualties, British 170. First battlefield (marginal) victory for the new USA. #RevWar #History #AmRev

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17 Sep 1730 Magdeburg, Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben born. As Inspector General, he created one standard drill method for the entire Continental Army. The "Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States." #RevWar #History #ArmyLife #AmRev

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17 Sep 1776 Continental Congress considers John Adams’s “Plan of Treaties” to expedite a possible alliance or other cooperation with France. Secret diplomacy would eventually result in secret cooperation. #RevWar #History #ArmyLife #AmRev

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17 Sep 1778, German Flats, NY Mohawk Indian chief & British Loyalist leader Joseph Brant leads a force of 150 Iroquois braves & 300 Loyalists under Capt William Caldwell in a surprise attack on the town, now Herkimer.NY, which was left undefended. #RevWar #History #AmRev

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17 Sep 1787 Philadelphia, PA Constitutional Convention signed the final draft of the Constitution. The product of four months of secret debate, it replaced the Articles of Confederation and proposed an entirely new form of government. #RevWar #History #AmRev

18 Sep 1775 Ft Chambly, Quebec Maj John Brown’s 135-strong detachment ambushes a British supply train, suffering 2 wounded & inflicting 8 dead. #RevWar #History #AmRev

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18 Sep 1775 British Adm Samuel Graves directs all merchant vessels inspected for carrying flint as ballast – hoping to prevent its use in American muskets. #RevWar #History #AmRev

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18 Sep 1776 Continental Congress authorizes 88 battalions of infantry from 13 states based on population and asks for long-term enlistments to last the #RevWar #History #AmRev

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18 Sep 1777 Members of Congress fled west toward York, PA, where they would remain until June, 1778. The tower bell (Liberty Bell) was relocated from Philadelphia to Allentown, PA for protection. #RevWar #History #ArmyLife #AmRev

19 Sep 1775 Peyton Randolph, former (and first) president of Continental Congress, dies at the age of 54. The Virginia lawyer and political leader worked tirelessly for the American cause, fighting debilitating illness, which ultimately caused his death. #RevWar #History #AmRev