1774 in History

The fourth anniversary of the Boston Massacre, gives a speech strongly condemning the British

Closes Boston harbour until the East India Company is reimbursed for lost tea

Closes the port of Boston & reduces the power of the Massachusetts legislature

The Suffolk Resolves proclaim the Coercive Acts to be unconstitutional and void and officials charged with the enforcement of these illegal acts are called upon to resign

The Declaration of Rights & Grievances is adopted by the Continental Congress

Threatens to stop all Colonial exports to Britain. Signs a measure barring the importation of slaves

The Declaration of Rights & Grievances is adopted by the Continental Congress

The Resolves are drawn up by Dr Warren & adopted by Suffolk County, Massachusett

Burke is elected Member of Parliament for Bristol.

Reaches about 71 degrees 10 minutes south, farther south than any recorded navigator before him, but finds only ice and no temperate southern continent

The Suffolk Resolves urge Massachusetts to establish a separate free state until the Coercive Acts were repealed

The Suffolk Resolves announce that subjects no longer owe loyalty to a King who violates their rights

Louis recalls the Paris Parlement

Parliament punishes the American colonists for the anti-British behaviour

Although it proved to be a false alarm, the Powder Alarm caused all concerned to proceed more carefully in the days ahead, and essentially provided a "dress rehearsal" for the Battle of Lexington and Concord seven months later.

British soldiers confiscate gunpowder and other military supplies in a surprise raid near Boston.

In response to the raid, amid rumors that blood had been shed, alarm spread through the countryside, and American Patriots sprang into action, fearing that war was at hand.

Requires colonists to house British troops where barracks are not available

Forced to retire on the accession of Louis XVI

The Treaty of Kutchuk cedes Kerch and several other Black Sea ports in the Crimea to Russia and declared the rest of the khanate of Crimea independent

The Treaty of Kutchuk cedes Kerch and several other Black Sea ports in the Crimea to Russia and declared the rest of the khanate of Crimea independent

Under the Treaty of Kutchuk Kainardji Moldova is returned to Turkey

Moldova and Walachia were restored to the suzerainty of the sultan, but Russia obtains the right of intervening with the Sublime Porte (the sultans court) on behalf of those two principalities

Under the Treaty of Kutchuk Kainardji the Steppes are returned to Russia

Moldova and Walachia were restored to the suzerainty of the sultan, but Russia obtains the right of intervening with the Sublime Porte (the sultans court) on behalf of those two principalities

Under the Treaty of Kutchuk Kainardji Wallachia is returned to Turkey

Closes Boston harbour until the East India Company is reimbursed for lost tea

Succeeds as King of France

Paul Revere carries a copy to the Suffolk Resolves to the Continental Congress, which is in session in Philadelphia

The Suffolk Resolves are passed by the Continental Congress protesting against British coercive legislation

The Suffolk Resolves urge Massachusetts to establish a separate free state until the Coercive Acts were repealed

Representatives from Boston and Suffolk County towns respond to the Coercive Acts, Warren captures the mood of his fellow delegates in a series of resolutions.

The Suffolk Resolves announce that subjects no longer owe loyalty to a King who violates their rights.

The Suffolk Resolves are passed by a unanimous vote of the Suffolk County towns.

The Suffolk Resolves proclaim the Coercive Acts to be unconstitutional and void and officials charged with the enforcement of these illegal acts are called upon to resign.

The Suffolk Resolves are passed by the Continental Congress protesting against British coercive legislation

Death of Clive Plessey, commits suicide in London after his trial for corruption

This record states: Moldova and Walachia were restored to the suzerainty of the sultan, but Russia obtains the right of intervening with the Sublime Porte (the sultans court) on behalf of those two principalities.

This record states: Proclaimed Protectress of the Christians in the Balkans.

This record states: Russia gains access to the Black Sea & to the Straits.

This record states: Russia gains the Steppes from Turkey.

This record states: The Crimea gains its independence.

This record states: The Treaty of Kutchuk cedes Kerch and several other Black Sea ports in the Crimea to Russia and declared the rest of the khanate of Crimea independent.

The Parlement of Paris is abolished

Death of Clive Plessey, commits suicide in London after his trial for corruption

The Winner of the Battle of Kozludji against the Turks near Shumla

The Comm of Public Safety sends Revere & Dawes to warn Hancock & Adams of danger

Sends soldiers to capture a military store, they are intercepted by "minute men"

The first shots of the American war of Independence are fired

Paul Revere supposedly rouses them about midnight before the British troops arrive at dawn for the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Hancock and Samuel Adams slip away from Boston to elude capture, staying in the Hancock-Clarke House in Lexington. Following the battle a proclamation is issued granting a general pardon to all who would demonstrate loyalty to the crown-with the exceptions of Hancock and Adams

The Comm of Public Safety sends Revere & Dawes to warn Hancock & Adams of danger

The Comm of Public Safety sends Revere & Dawes to warn Hancock & Adams of danger