Rhode Island General Assembly

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1774–1776

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Rhode Island General Assembly, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Rhode Island Renunciation of Allegiance

   1774–1776

   Role: colonial legislature that created the colony's standing army in 1775

   1. 1May 17 – June 15, 1774 · Colony of Rhode IslandRhode Island elects the first Continental Congress delegates

      In 1774 Rhode Island proposed the Continental Congress idea and elected Stephen Hopkins and Samuel Ward as its first delegates.

   2. 2April 22, 1775 · Colony of Rhode IslandRhode Island creates the first colonial standing army

      On April 22, 1775, the Rhode Island General Assembly created the first standing army in the colonies, numbering 1,500 men.

   3. 3May 4, 1776 · Colony of Rhode IslandRhode Island renounces allegiance to the British Crown

      On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island became the first of the thirteen colonies to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown.

Sources

1. Rhode Island Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24