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1774 The First Continental Congress adjourns.
Celebrated Birth:
Charles Pinckney (b. 1757 – October 29, 1824) South Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress, member of the Constitutional Convention, signed the United States Constitution.
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1760 George III becomes King of Great Britain upon the death of his Grandfather George II.
1764 John Adams marries Abigail Smith. She supports his efforts during their 54 years of Marriage.
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1770 The trial of six British Soldiers involved in the shooting in Boston on March 5, 1770, the Boston Massacre, begins with John Adams defending the soldiers. The trial ended on December 5, 1770 with the acquittal of four of the soldiers with the other two guilty of manslaughter and released after having their hands banded.
Birth:
1788 Sarah Josepha Hale, author of Mary Had a Little Lamb.
Celebrated Birth:
Jared Ingersoll (b. 1749 – October 31, 1822) Pennsylvania delegate to Continental Congress, member of the Constitutional Convention, signed the United States Constitution.
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1775 The Continental Congress approves a resolution barring blacks from army. Congress will later change that ruling.
1776 General George Washington makes his headquarters at While Plains, New York.
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1774 Henry Middleton from South Carolina is named the second President of The Continental Congress. Peyton Randolph was forced to resign due to poor health. Middleton held the post until Randolph was able to resume his duties when the second Continental Congress began on May 10, 1775.
Celebrated Birth:
Daniel Boone (b. 1734 (OS) – September 26, 1820) American pioneer and hunter who helped to defend the Kentucky settlements from American Indian attempts to drive them out. Because the Georgian Calendar was adopted during his lifetime this is the Old Style date of birth.
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1774 The colonist in Taunton, Massachusetts raises a flag that display the word “Liberty”. It is the first time a flag of this type is raised in defiance of British rule in America.
1775 Peyton Randolph, President of the First Continental Congress dies.
Birth:
1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet.
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1774 The Continental Association is created by The First Continental Congress to enforce boycotts in an attempt to force repeal of the objectionable legislation. This is to be done by creating and enforcing a total boycott against trade with Britain, Ireland and the British West Indies.
1781 The Patent of Tolerance, which provides limited freedom of worship, is approved by the Habsburg Monarchy in Austria.
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1765 The American Stamp Act Congress meeting in New York adopts The Declaration of Rights and Grievances which raises fourteen points of colonial protest against the Stamp Act as well as only colonial assemblies had the right to tax the colonies and Parliament could not represent the colonist.
1781 Lord Cornwallis surrenders his British Army at Yorktown Virginia. His surrender is the beginning of the events that lead to the end of the war between Great Britain and the United States of America.
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1767 The survey team of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon completes their assignment to survey the newly established boundaries between the Province of Pennsylvania, the Province of Maryland, Delaware Colony and parts of Colony and Old Dominion of Virginia.
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1777 British General Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga. The British had planned to separate New England from the rest of the colonies by capturing the Hudson River valley. This ended the plan and was a turning point in the War for Independence.
1779 The American Army under the leadership of General George Washington opens their winter camp at Morristown, New Jersey. The winter of 1778 is one of the worst ever and Washington’s troops spend another winter with few supplies. Morale is low and there are desertions as well as attempts at mutiny.
1781 As Yorktown is about to be taken, the British send out a flag of truce. Washington and Cornwallis begin to determine the terms of surrender.
Celebrated Birth:
Jacob Broom (b. 1752 – April 25, 1810) Delaware member of the Constitutional Convention, signed the Constitution.
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