Important Historical Events of the year 1775, Year 1775 in History

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What happened in the year 1775?

Date	Event
February 9, 1775	American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
February 26, 1775	The British East India Company factory on Balambangan Island is destroyed by Moro pirates.
March 8, 1775	An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
March 23, 1775	American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech
April 14, 1775	The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, the first abolition society in North America, is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
April 18, 1775	American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
April 19, 1775	American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.
April 20, 1775	American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
May 10, 1775	American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
May 10, 1775	American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
May 20, 1775	The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
May 31, 1775	American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
June 11, 1775	The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
June 12, 1775	American War of Independence: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
June 14, 1775	American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Armed Forces.
June 17, 1775	American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.
July 3, 1775	American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
July 5, 1775	The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
July 8, 1775	The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America.
July 26, 1775	The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
July 27, 1775	Founding of the U.S. Army Medical Department: The Second Continental Congress passes legislation establishing "an hospital for an army consisting of 20,000 men."
July 29, 1775	Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.
August 20, 1775	The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
August 23, 1775	American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
September 8, 1775	The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
September 11, 1775	Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
September 17, 1775	American Revolutionary War: The invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
September 25, 1775	American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
September 25, 1775	American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
October 13, 1775	The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
October 18, 1775	African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
October 18, 1775	American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
October 27, 1775	King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.
November 7, 1775	John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
November 10, 1775	The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.
November 13, 1775	American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
December 3, 1775	American Revolutionary War: USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
December 5, 1775	At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
December 9, 1775	American Revolutionary War: British troops and Loyalists, misinformed about Patriot militia strength, lose the Battle of Great Bridge, ending British rule in Virginia.
December 31, 1775	American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.