1770
Pre-revolutionary American year
1770 refers to the year, often invoked in historical contexts—particularly American history, where it marks the Boston Massacre and growing colonial tensions with Britain.
Like other year-numbers, it functions as a noun or adjective: 1770 was a pivotal year, the 1770 protests.
In Australian contexts, it names Seventeen Seventy, a coastal town where Captain Cook landed.
British navigator of Pacific
- EndeavourNamed vessel, two famous
- Botany BayNew South Wales inlet
- James CookFamous British navigator
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
New Zealand · Tahiti · Pacific Ocean · Royal Navy · cartography · navigation · maritime · discovery
Era prioritizing reason over dogma
- RococoLavishly ornamented decorative style
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- VoltaireFrench Enlightenment satirist
- RousseauFrench surname, philosopher or painter
Montesquieu · salon · harpsichord · Mozart · Haydn · classical music · portrait painting · Gainsborough
Vast colonial domain
- American coloniesPre-independence British territories
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- expansionIncrease in scope
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
mercantilism · trading post · governor · charter · frontier · indigenous · colony · taxation
Before mass manufacturing emerged
- agrarianRelating to land cultivation
- handicraftManual skill or product
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
spinning wheel · loom · weaving · blacksmith · cottage industry · windmill · sailing ship · horse-drawn
Captain Cook
British navigator of Pacific
- EndeavourNamed vessel, two famous
- Botany BayNew South Wales inlet
- James CookFamous British navigator
Australia · New Zealand · Tahiti · Pacific Ocean · Royal Navy · cartography · navigation · maritime · discovery · charting
Enlightenment
Era prioritizing reason over dogma
- RococoLavishly ornamented decorative style
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- VoltaireFrench Enlightenment satirist
Rousseau · Montesquieu · salon · harpsichord · Mozart · Haydn · classical music · portrait painting · Gainsborough · Reynolds
Boston Massacre
1770 deadly colonial confrontation
British Empire
Vast colonial domain
- American coloniesPre-independence British territories
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- expansionIncrease in scope
plantation · mercantilism · trading post · governor · charter · frontier · indigenous · colony · taxation · rebellion
pre-industrial
Before mass manufacturing emerged
- agrarianRelating to land cultivation
- handicraftManual skill or product
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
guild · spinning wheel · loom · weaving · blacksmith · cottage industry · windmill · sailing ship · horse-drawn · canal