1770s
American Revolution era
The 1770s refers to the decade spanning 1770 to 1779.
Like other decade terms, it groups years for historical shorthand: the 1770s saw the American colonies break from Britain.
The format applies to any century—1770s, 1870s, 1970s—always meaning the ten years beginning with that number.
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- neoclassicismMovement emulating antiquity's forms
- PalladianRenaissance-rooted architectural style
- powdered wigTalc-coated false hair
sedan chair · minuet · gentry · aristocracy · Whig · Tory · satire · snuffbox
Colonial separation from Britain
- Declaration of IndependenceAmerica's founding proclamation
- Boston Tea Party1773 colonial harbor protest
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
- Lexington and ConcordFirst armed colonial conflict
Yorktown · Valley Forge · Saratoga · Treaty of Paris · George Washington · Thomas Jefferson · Benjamin Franklin · John Adams
Basis or justification
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- VoltaireFrench Enlightenment satirist
- RousseauFrench surname, philosopher or painter
- KantGerman Enlightenment thinker
Hume · Diderot · Montesquieu · empiricism · rationalism · Encyclopédie · salons · skepticism
Cultivation of land, livestock
- cottage industrySmall home-based business
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- weaverThread-interlacing craftsperson
spinning wheel · loom · guild · waterwheel · windmill · gristmill · horse-drawn · handicraft
Vast colonial domain
- East India CompanyBritish colonial trading corporation
- plantationsLarge-scale farming operations
- slaveryOwnership of people
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
colonies · territories · expansion · indigenous · settlers · trade routes · indigo · sugar
George III
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- neoclassicismMovement emulating antiquity's forms
- PalladianRenaissance-rooted architectural style
powdered wig · sedan chair · minuet · gentry · aristocracy · Whig · Tory · satire · snuffbox · grand tour
American Revolution
Colonial separation from Britain
- Declaration of IndependenceAmerica's founding proclamation
- Boston Tea Party1773 colonial harbor protest
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
Lexington and Concord · Yorktown · Valley Forge · Saratoga · Treaty of Paris · George Washington · Thomas Jefferson · Benjamin Franklin · John Adams · Samuel Adams
reason
Basis or justification
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- VoltaireFrench Enlightenment satirist
- RousseauFrench surname, philosopher or painter
Kant · Hume · Diderot · Montesquieu · empiricism · rationalism · Encyclopédie · salons · skepticism · deism
agriculture
Cultivation of land, livestock
- cottage industrySmall home-based business
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
weaver · spinning wheel · loom · guild · waterwheel · windmill · gristmill · horse-drawn · handicraft · forge
British Empire
Vast colonial domain
- East India CompanyBritish colonial trading corporation
- plantationsLarge-scale farming operations
- slaveryOwnership of people
mercantilism · colonies · territories · expansion · indigenous · settlers · trade routes · indigo · sugar · tobacco
1770s2020s
Third decade, 21st century
modern era · 21st century · 2010s · contemporary times · 2000s
1770sdigital age
Epoch of computerized life
information age · machine age · atomic age · computer age · Industrial Revolution