Historedia
Person

Samuel Ward

Events
2
Episodes
5
Years
1774–1776

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Samuel Ward, 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 Call for Intercolonial Congress

    1774

    Role: Elected delegate to the Continental Congress (identity not resolved to a supplied person record)

    1. May 17, 1774 · Providence, Rhode IslandProvidence Town Meeting Proposal

      A town meeting in Providence proposed the idea of a Continental Congress on May 17, 1774.

    2. June 15, 1774 · Rhode Island ColonyElection of First Delegates

      Rhode Island elected Stephen Hopkins and Samuel Ward as its first delegates to the Continental Congress on June 15, 1774.

  2. Rhode Island Renunciation of Allegiance

    1774–1776

    Role: delegate elected by Rhode Island to the Continental Congress in 1774

    1. May 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. April 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. May 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