In 1775, with events outpacing communications, the Second Continental Congress began acting as the provisional government to run the American Revolutionary War and gain the colonies their collective independence.

* 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.

* 1775 – American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins ; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.

Map of the 13 American Colonies in 1775.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.

* 1775 – Alexander Anderson, American illustrator ( d. 1870 )

* Mathews, L. K. “ Benjamin Franklin ’ s Plans for a Colonial Union, 1750 – 1775 .” American Political Science Review 8 ( August 1914 ): 393 – 412.

In 1775, George Washington came up from Virginia to take command of fledgling volunteer American soldiers camped on the Cambridge Common — today called the birthplace of the U. S. Army.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.

* 1775 – Philander Chase, American founder of Kenyon College ( d. 1852 )

When the American Revolutionary War broke out, Allen and the Boys seized the initiative and captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.

One of the earliest purely " American " rifle-shooting competitions took place in 1775, when Daniel Morgan was recruiting sharpshooters in Virginia for the impending American Revolutionary War.

Chosen by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to be commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, Washington managed to force the British out of Boston in 1776, but was defeated and almost captured later that year when he lost New York City.

Spain later recouped most of those territorial losses with the Treaty of Paris ( 1783 ), which ended the American Revolutionary War ( 1775 – 1783 ), and gained an improved international standing.

* 1775 – The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill.

* 1775 – American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

An Uncle Sam is mentioned as early as 1775, in the original " Yankee Doodle " lyrics of the Revolutionary War.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Quebec.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – " Give me Liberty, or give me Death!

* The Art of War online 1775 edition

Throughout the 18th century the Royal Navy gradually gained ascendancy over the French Navy, with victories in the War of Spanish Succession ( 1701 – 1714 ), inconclusive battles in the War of Austrian Succession ( 1740 – 1748 ), victories in the Seven Years ' War ( 1754 – 1763 ), a partial reversal during the American War of Independence ( 1775 – 1783 ), and consolidation into uncontested supremacy during the 19th century from the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal, Quebec.

* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston.

* 1775 – Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence signed in Charlotte, North Carolina

Possibly influenced by the War of American Independence ( 1775 – 1783 ), a united force of Irish volunteers used their influence to campaign for greater independence for the Irish Parliament.

When the fighting broke out in the American War of Independence in 1775 he volunteered to serve with rebel forces.

It is named after Robert R. Livingston, delegate to the 1775 Continental Congress, member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and father-in-law of Richard Montgomery, after whom Montgomery County ( and similarly named counties in many other states ) were named.

The motivations for the English Civil War ( 1642 – 51 ), the American War of Independence ( 1775 – 83 ), and French Revolution ( 1789 – 99 ) partly derived from the desire of the bourgeoisie to rid themselves of the feudal trammels and royal encroachments upon their personal liberty, commercial rights, and the ownership of property.

Over the next century, the castle vaults were used to hold prisoners of war during several conflicts, including the Seven Years ' War ( 1756 – 1763 ), the American War of Independence ( 1775 – 1783 ) and the Napoleonic Wars ( 1803 – 1815 ).

Patriot Edmund Pendleton played a large role in the Virginia Resolution for Independence ( 1775 ).

The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was allegedly signed on May 20, 1775 ; if the document is indeed genuine, Mecklenburg County was the first part of the Thirteen Colonies to declare independence from Great Britain.

Georgia was the last state to join in the War for Independence in 1775.

According to the " Our History " series in the Long Island-based newspaper, Newsday, " In September, 1775, almost a year before the future nation declared its independence from George III, the people of Great Neck, Cow Neck and other areas north of Old Country Road signed their own Declaration of Independence.

Anchor Liberty Ale, a 6 % abv ale originally brewed by Anchor Brewing Company as a special in 1975 to commemorate Paul Revere's midnight ride in 1775 which marked the start of the American War of Independence, was seen by Michael Jackson as the first modern American ale.

On the outbreak of the American War of Independence, he was appointed to a command, and arrived in Boston in May 1775, a few weeks after the first shots of the war had been fired at Lexington and Concord.

* Start of the American War of Independence ( 1775 – 1783 )

Most of his government was focused first on the growing problems with the American colonies and later on conducting the American War of Independence which broke out in 1775, following the Battle of Lexington.

His attempts to seize military stores of Patriot militias in April 1775 sparked the Battles of Lexington and Concord, beginning the American War of Independence.

He commanded British troops in the American War of Independence, first leading the defence of Quebec during the 1775 rebel invasion and the 1776 counteroffensive that drove the rebels from the province.

In the American War of Independence ( 1775 – 1783 ), Hamilton fought in the Invasion of Canada and the Battle of Freeman's Farm, commanding the middle column during the latter.

Pendleton served as President of the Virginia Committee of Safety from August 16, 1775 to July 5, 1776 ( effectively serving as governor of the colony ) and as President of the Virginia Convention which authorized Virginia's delegates to propose a resolution to move for the break from Britain and creation of the Declaration of Independence.

He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1775 and signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

In Congress, he signed the final appeal to the king ( the Olive Branch Petition of 1775 ), and helped frame the rules of debate and acquire gunpowder for the coming war, and in 1776 was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1775, voting in favor of the resolution for independence and signing the Declaration of Independence.

The square was named after George III, a statue of whom was originally intended to occupy the centre of the square, but the turmoil and anxiety caused to the city's Tobacco Lords by the War of American Independence in 1775 and eventual British defeat in 1783, coupled with his ever more frequent bouts of madness had created mixed feelings toward the Hanoverian and so it was decided instead to commemorate Sir Walter Scott, which, incidentally, was the first ever memorial dedicated to him.

It bears the dates of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence ( May 20, 1775 ) and of the Halifax Resolves ( April 12, 1776 ), documents that place North Carolina at the forefront of the American independence movement.