1. Rebels, Tories & Redcoats
Colonial New Haven and the American Revolution

2. Puritan New Haven

3. Colonial New Haven
Yale College
Long Wharf
Wadsworth Map of 1748
Landholding and merchant ventures
Smaller merchants, shopkeepers,
yeoman farmers
Artisans, day laborers, fishermen,
sailors
Arrival of Yale College, build up of
merchant community, trade with
Boston, transformed New Haven
into a cosmopolitan town within 11
decades

4. Famous Faces of Colonial New Haven
Roger Sherman Ezra Stiles

5. Britain’s Bad Act-ing
Stamp Act, 1765
Quartering Act, 1765
Declaratory Act, 1766
Townshend Revenue Act, 1767
Intolerable Acts, 1774
Example of the Stamp Act
“That the said colonies
and plantations in
America have been, are,
and of right ought to be
subordinate unto, and
dependent upon the
imperial crown and
parliament of Great
Britain…”
Imposed taxes
specifically to
raise revenue on
lead, glass,
paper, paint and
tea

6. Benedict Arnold,
the Rebel
in New Haven
House on Water Street Colonel Arnold Arrest warrant from 1766
Shop sign on George Street

7. Demanding the Keys... April 22, 1775
Washington Tavern
on College and
Chapel Streets
Present day...
“Benedict Arnold Demands the
Powder House Key” by Morton
Kunstler
David Wooster

8. Will New Haven Be Invaded?
Proximity to New York City and Newport
Significant Loyalist faction
Supplier to the Continentals

9. Redcoat Command
General William Tryon
with assistance from General George Garth
Camilla (frigate)
Scorpion (sloop)
Halifax (brig)
Hussar (galley)
British ships
bound for New
Haven’s Harbor

10. Garth
pushed to
cross in
Westville
Tryon
invades
East
Haven

11. Rebel Command
General Andrew Ward of Guilford, CT
Colonel Hezekiah Sabin of New Haven, CT
Captain Phineas Bradley of New Haven, CT
Lieutenant Daniel Bishop
Lieutenant Evelyn Pierpont
Lieutenant Azel Kimberly
All of
New Haven,
CT
James Hillhouse Aaron Burr

12. James Campbell, British Adjutant
Despite being a British
officer and part of the
invasion, Campbell
saved the life of patriot-
parson, Noah Williston.
“We make war on
soldiers, not civilians.” -
Campbell
*Source: Macaluso, Laura. Historic Treasures of New Haven. The History Press. 2013

13. East Shore Destruction
Amos Morris Pardee-Morris House
Amos Morris’s List

14. Toll on New Haven
❖ 27 Patriots and New Haveners Dead, 19 wounded, 22 Prisoners of War
❖ 9 British & Hessian soldiers dead, 40 wounded, 25 missing
❖ 11 houses, 6 stores, 6 barns, and 7 vessels destroyed
➔ A polarization: (You’re either with us or against us), loyalists not
welcome
➔ Loyalist families had to flee, some were later invited to return
“...the conduct of the militia at New Haven does them the highest honor.”
-
George Washington

15. Raid on NewHaven, Success or Failure? For Whom?
General Tryon
Admiral George
Collier
Commander-in-Chief,
Sir Henry Clinton
Lord George Germain
King Charles III

16. New Haven Museum
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