1770s
1770–1779Zoom in — years
Key events
- March 5, 1770Crispus Attucks and the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks, a man of African and Native descent, is among the first killed in the Revolution.
- November 7, 1775Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
Virginia's royal governor offers freedom to enslaved people who join the British; thousands flee.
- April 14, 1775First abolition society founded
The Pennsylvania Abolition Society, the first in America, is organized in Philadelphia.