1770s

{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;"\n|- \n| align="center" | Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century

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\n|-\n| align="center" colspan=2 | \'Decades:
1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s\n|- \n| align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779\n|}\nEvents and Trends'\n* United States Declaration of Independence ratified by the Continental Congress (July 3, 1776). The document was drafted by a committee consisting of representatives John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York and Roger Sherman of Connecticut. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n