Major Events
- Feb 9 British Parliament declares Massachusetts colony in rebellion
- Mar 23 Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death" in speech in favor of Virginian troops joining US Revolutionary war
- Apr 18 Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott ride from Charlestown to Lexington warning "the regulars are coming!"
- Apr 19 American Revolution begins in Lexington, Massachusetts, with the "Shot Heard Round the World" fired later that day in Concord
- May 10 Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and issues paper currency for 1st time
- Jun 15 George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, the day after Congress establishes the force
- Jul 6 Congress issues a "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms", written by Thomas Jefferson and John Dickinson, it lists American grievances but denies any intent to be independent
- Dec 31 Battle of Quebec: American Continental Army led by Richard Montgomery is defeated trying to take the British stronghold of Quebec City in the American Revolutionary War, General Montgomery is killed and Benedict Arnold is injured
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Did You Know?
First official US flag raised (Grand Union Flag) aboard naval vessel USS Alfred
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
J. M. W. Turner
Laura Secord
Jane AustenMore People Born in 1775
Richard MontgomeryMore 1775 Deaths
Articles About 1775
The Shot Heard Round the World
'Battle on Lexington Green' as painted by William Barnes WollenApril 19
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms
First pamphlet printing of the US Continental Congress' Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up ArmsJuly 6
Battle of Quebec
The Death of General Montgomery in the failed American Attack on Quebec CityDecember 31
Famous Weddings in 1775
- Aug 28 Statesman John Hancock (38) weds hostess Dorothy Quincy (28) in Fairfield, Connecticut
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Frederick North
Frederick the Great
Louis XVI