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Events on July 4 in history

1774Jul, 4

Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts

The Orangetown Resolutions were adopted on July 4, 1774, exactly two years prior to the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. The resolutions were part of a widespread movement of town and county protests of the Intolerable Acts passed by the British Parliament in 1774.

The resolutions were adopted at the home of Yoast Mabie, a Dutch colonial house in Tappan, New York, in the town of Orangetown in Rockland County. The house was demolished in 1835.

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Events on 1774

  • 31Mar

    Boston Port Act

    American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
  • 2Jun

    Quartering Act

    Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
  • 21Jul

    Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca

    Russo-Turkish War (1768-74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
  • 1Aug

    Oxygen

    British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
  • 1Sep

    Powder Alarm

    Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.