What event should be placed in the blank in this timeline of the Revolutionary War?

Americans win at Lexington & Concord (April 1775).
Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense" (Jan. 1776
????
Washinton crosses the Delaware (Dec. 1776)

A) France becomes American ally.
B) Americans Retreat at Bunker Hill.
C) Americans Capture Ft. Ticonderoga.
D) Declaration of Independence Adopted.

1 answer

The event that should be placed in the blank in the timeline is:

D) Declaration of Independence Adopted.

The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, which fits chronologically between Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" in January 1776 and Washington crossing the Delaware in December 1776.