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Kaminski, John P.; Schoenleber, Charles H.; Saladino, Gaspare J.; Leffler, Richard; Reid, Jonathan M.; Flamingo, Margaret R.; Lannér-Cusin, Johanna E.; Fields, David P.; Conley, Patrick T.; Moore, Timothy D. (ed.) / Ratification of the Constitution by the states: Rhode Island (3)
26 (2013)
Rhode Island chronology, 1772-1790, pp. xxix-xxxiii
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Rhode Island Chronology, 1772-1790 1772 9-10 June H.M.S. Gaspee revenue schooner burned off the coast of Warwick 1773 January, May-June Witnesses boycott hearings on the burning of the Gaspee 1774 17 May Providence Town Meeting calls for a continental congress 15 June Legislature appoints delegates to First Continental Congress 12 December H.M.S. Rose arrives in R.I. to suppress smuggling 1775 2 March Providence Tea Party burns tea in Market Square 25 April Legislature votes to raise "Army of Observation" (1,500 men) 7 May Nathanael Greene given command of "Army of Observation" May-June Legislature replaces Loyalist governor-elect 15 June Legislature creates state navy 26 August Legislature asks First Continental Congress to establish a navy 1776 4 May Legislature renounces allegiance to King George III and instructs R.I. delegates to Congress to work for a Union and to fight to preserve liberty 19 July Legislature ratifies Declaration of Independence 8 December British occupy Newport 1778 16 February Legislature instructs delegates to Second Continental Congress to sign Articles of Confederation and to submit three proposed amendments 23 June Congress rejects R.I.'s proposed amendments 9 July R.I. delegates to Congress sign Articles of Confederation 29 August Battle of Rhode Island concludes unsuccessful siege of Newport 1779 25 October British evacuate Newport 1780 10 July French fleet and troops arrive in Newport xxix
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