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1775 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1775th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 775th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of the 18th century, and the 6th year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1775, the ...
The Invasion of Quebec (June 1775 – October 1776, French: Invasion du Québec) was the first major military initiative by the newly formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The objective of the campaign was to seize the Province of Quebec (part of modern-day Canada) from Great Britain , and persuade French-speaking ...
September 25, 1775 Quebec British victory [12] Burning of Falmouth: October 18, 1775: Massachusetts: British burn Falmouth [13] Battle of Kemp's Landing: November 14, 1775: Virginia: British victory [14] Siege of Savage's Old Fields: November 19–21, 1775: South Carolina: American insurgent victory - defeat of British loyalist force [15 ...
In October 1775, British forces burned Falmouth, now Portland, Maine. To respond, General Washington commandeered two schooners from John Glover's Marblehead Regiment for privateering. Glover recruited his son-in-law Captain Nicholson Broughton in the Hancock ( [ 12 ] ) and Captain John Selman (privateer) in the Franklin . [ 13 ]
The Continental Navy was the navy of the Thirteen Colonies (later the United States) during the American Revolutionary War.Founded on October 13, 1775, the fleet developed into a substantial force throughout the Revolutionary War, owing partially to the efforts of naval patrons within the Continental Congress.
The Burning of Falmouth (October 18, 1775) was an attack by a fleet of Royal Navy vessels on the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts (site of the modern city of Portland, Maine, and not to be confused with the modern towns of Falmouth, Massachusetts or Falmouth, Maine). The fleet was commanded by Captain Henry Mowat. [1]
Battle of Germantown (October 4) Surrender of General Burgoyne, 1821 painting by John Trumbull. Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery (October 6) Major Continental Army victories in the Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7); surrender of the British army under General Burgoyne. Victory is crucial in demonstrating to France that the ...
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.