1775
Lexington and Concord
1775 refers to the year, typically invoked in American contexts as the start of the Revolutionary War.
References to 1775 evoke colonial rebellion, the battles of Lexington and Concord, and the founding era: a musket from 1775, the spirit of 1775.
The year functions as shorthand for American independence and revolutionary ideals.
First armed colonial conflict
- Bunker Hill1775 Massachusetts engagement
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
- MinutemenColonial instant-ready militia
- Paul RevereColonial warning horseman
George Washington · Patriots · Sons of Liberty · musket · Revolutionary War · Declaration of Independence · John Adams · Patrick Henry
Violent governmental overthrow
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-ruleGovernance without outside control
sovereignty · nationhood · emancipation · rebellion · patriotism · resistance · independence · republic
British North American territories
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- frontierEdge of settlement
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
Jamestown · charter · mercantilism · Navigation Acts · colonists · self-government · colonial assembly · redcoat
Era prioritizing reason over dogma
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- natural rightsFreedoms inherent to personhood
social contract · Adam Smith · laissez-faire · Voltaire · Thomas Paine · Common Sense · liberty · republic
Lexington and Concord
First armed colonial conflict
- Bunker Hill1775 Massachusetts engagement
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
- MinutemenColonial instant-ready militia
George Washington · Paul Revere · Patriots · Sons of Liberty · musket · Revolutionary War · Declaration of Independence · John Adams · Patrick Henry · Boston Tea Party
revolution
Violent governmental overthrow
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
self-rule · sovereignty · nationhood · emancipation · rebellion · patriotism · resistance · independence · republic · uprising
Thirteen Colonies
British North American territories
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- frontierEdge of settlement
New England · Jamestown · charter · mercantilism · Navigation Acts · colonists · self-government · colonial assembly · redcoat · taxation
Enlightenment
Era prioritizing reason over dogma
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
natural rights · social contract · Adam Smith · laissez-faire · Voltaire · Thomas Paine · Common Sense · liberty · republic · self-determination
- Revolutionary WarGeorge Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, Betsy Ross flag
- Lexington and ConcordLexington, Concord, minutemen, militia, British redcoats
17751783
Year the war ended
independence · Treaty of Paris · 1776 · 1789 · 1781
17752025
Current calendar year
today · now · modern era · 21st century · contemporary