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1774 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1774th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 774th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 18th century, and the 5th year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1774 ...
29 January – Olinthus Gregory, mathematician (died 1841) 24 February – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (died 1850) 16 March – Captain Matthew Flinders, explorer (died 1814)
The concise illustrated history of the American Revolution (1972) for secondary schools online 136pp; Fremont-Barnes, Gregory, and Richard Alan Ryerson, eds. The Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War: A Political, Social, and Military History (5 vol. 2006) George, Lynn. A Timeline of the American Revolution (2002) 24pp; for middle ...
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates of 12 of the Thirteen Colonies held from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia at the beginning of the American Revolution.
1774 – Population: 22,861. [23] 1775 – Bowne & Co. printers, founded by descendants of John Bowne of the Flushing Remonstrance, established at 39 Pearl Street. Until 2010 it was the oldest publicly traded company in the United States. 1776 David Mathews becomes the city's 43rd mayor, getting arrested in June 22 for a plot to kill George ...
1774 – March: Boston Port Act passed. [3] May: Massachusetts Government Act passed. June: Quartering Act passed. [3] September–October: First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia. [3] 1775 – March: "Give me liberty or give me death!" speech. [3] March–April: Parliament passes the Restraining Acts. April: Battles of Lexington and ...
In late 1774, 12 of the Thirteen Colonies (Georgia joined in 1775) sent delegates to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. It began coordinating Patriot resistance through underground networks of committees. In April 1775, British forces attempted to disarm local militias around Boston and engaged them.
First Continental Congress (September 5 to October 26, 1774) Continental Association created (October 20, 1774) Petition to the King ratified (October 25, 1774) Second Continental Congress (convened on May 10, 1775) Hanna's town resolves (May 16, 1775) Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms ...