APUSH Significant Events By TBOLDEN 1775 Thomas Paine’s Common Sense 1775 French-American Alliance 1775 Battle of Trenton First state constitutions written 1775 Second Conttinental Congress Meets 1777 Articles of Confederation 1783 Treaty of Paris 1785 Constitution Adopted 1785 Bill of Rights adopted by Congress 1786 Northwest Ordinance 1786 Shay's Rebellion 1791 Report on Manufactures - Alexander Hamilton 1797 Alien & Sedition Acts 1798 XYZ Affair 1800 Marbury v. Madison