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Lord Dunmore's War, also known as Dunmore's War, was a brief conflict in fall 1774 between the British Colony of Virginia and the Shawnee and Mingo in the trans-Appalachian region of the colony south of the Ohio River. Broadly, the war included events between May and October 1774.
- May–October 1774
- Virginian victory
War & Affiliation Revolutionary War / British. Date of Birth - Death c. 1730 - February 25, 1809. In the years prior to the American Revolution, Lord Dunmore, whose roots ran back to Scotland, served as the Colonial Governor in both New York and Virginia.
4 de jul. de 2015 · John Murray, Virginia Royal Governor Lord Dunmore, Fall of 1775 Royal Governor Lord Dunmore’s Fight to Retain Virginia as a Royal Colony was dealt a fatal blow with his loss to American Militia at the Battle of Great Bridge, December 9, 1775.
Lord Dunmore was widely accused of commencing the war to divert Virginians from differences with the royal administration of that colony, and for this reason the fighting at Point Pleasant has sometimes been called the first battle of the Revolution.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
6 de oct. de 2021 · The 1775 document, followed by the Philipsburg Proclamation, promised enslaved people freedom if they sided with British troops fighting against American forces during the Revolutionary War.
The Revolutionary War officially began at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. A day later, Lord Dunmore ordered a seizure of weapons and gunpowder from the colonial magazine in Williamsburg, Virginia. In the eyes of many colonists, this was a concerning sign of Lord Dunmore’s British allegiances.
While the regiment grew to only 800 men, his proclamation inspired thousands of enslaved people to seek freedom behind British lines throughout the Revolutionary War. Although Dunmore’s Proclamation applied only to Virginia, it was printed in newspapers throughout the thirteen colonies.
