American Revolution

Bill of rights

1791 BCE

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. Written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties, the Bill of Rights lists specific prohibitions on governmental power.

New constitution

1787 BCE

The U.S. Constitution established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. It was signed on September 17, 1787

Treaty of paris

1783 BCE

The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treaty–John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens.

Battle of York town surrender

1781 BCE

The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little Yorkending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington

Articles of confederation

1777 BCE

The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777

Second Continental congress

1776 BCE

It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774, also in Philadelphia. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

Declaration of independence

1776 BCE

The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776

Lexington and Concord - Revolution begins

1775 BCE

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War

Intolerable acts

1774 BCE

Intolerable Acts were the American Patriots term for punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance of throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor in reaction to being taxed by the British.

First Continental congress

1774 BCE

The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.

Tea act

1773 BCE

this act was an act to where the colonists can only buy tea from the east india company.

Boston Tea Party

1773 BCE

on a night in december 1773 Samuel Adams and the sons of liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and 342 chests of tea over board over one million dollars worth of tea.

Boston Massacre

1770 BCE

the Boston massacre was an event that took place March 5,1770 when a unarmed group of people were fired upon by there very own military five were killed and others injured. Paul Revere painted this horrible scene

Townshend act

1767 BCE

The Townshend act was a series of act beginning in1767

Stamp act

1765 BCE

Tax on every american that printed paper used it for example. new papers, documents , ship papers, ect.

Quartering act

1765 BCE

This act required colonists to house every solider and made sure they had a place to sleep and also have they feed everyday.

Sugar act

1764 BCE

tax on sugar

Proclamation of 1763

1763 BCE

The end of the war between the french and the british.

The French and Indian War

1754 BCE

war between the Natives and the colnisitis