Editing 1778 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 12]] &ndash; The Continental Congress advises the 13 member states to suppress "theatrical entertainments, horse-racing, gaming, and such other diversions as are productive of idleness, dissipation, and general depravity of principles and manners."<ref name="Harper1778"/>
[[File:KahakuloaHead sml.jpg|thumb|right| [[November 26]]: [[James Cook|Captain Cook]] lands on [[Maui]].]]
* [[November 11]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Cherry Valley massacre]] &ndash; 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]], Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first European to land on [[Maui]].
**[[New Jersey]] becomes the second state to agree to the [[Articles of Confederation]].<ref name="Harper1778"/>
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[John Jay]] of New York is chosen as the sixth [[President of the Continental Congress]].<ref name="Harper1778"/>
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Capture of Savannah]] &ndash; British forces under [[Archibald Campbell (British Army officer, born 1739)|Archibald Campbell]] take the city of [[Savannah, Georgia]].