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1765
Quartering Act. The British further angered American colonists with the Quartering Act, which required the colonies to provide barracks and supplies to British troops. -
1774
In 1774, the British Parliament passed a series of laws collectively known as the Intolerable Acts, with the intent to suppress unrest in colonial Boston by closing the port and placing it under martial law. In response, colonial protestors led by a group called the Sons of Liberty issued a call for a boycott. -
1776
1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. -
1781
Sep 28 - Oct 19, 1781. The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation the United States of America. -
1783
Ended the American Revolution.
Benjamin Franklin was chief negotiator.
Territory much larger than thirteen colonies was also acquired. -
1787
U.S. Constitution Signed
The Constitutional Convention convened at the Philadelphia State House Independence Hall in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation. -
1790
President George Washington delivers the first "State of the Union Address" on January 8, 1790. -
1793
The Constitution of Vermont is adopted and the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 starts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania