Civic timeline unit 2 By Gabe Pennell Jun 15, 1215 Magna Carta Mar 14, 1744 French and Indian War Oct 7, 1763 Proclamation of 1763 Apr 5, 1764 Sugar act Mar 22, 1765 Stamp act Mar 23, 1765 Quartering Act Aug 14, 1765 Formation of the Sons of Liberty Mar 18, 1766 Declaratory act Jul 2, 1767 Townshend acts Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Apr 17, 1773 Tea Act Dec 8, 1773 Coercive acts Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea party December 16, 1773 Sep 5, 1774 1st Continental Congress Oct 26, 1774 2nd Continental Congress Apr 19, 1775 Shot Heard Round the World Jul 17, 1775 Bunker Hill Feb 14, 1776 Publication of Common Sense Jul 4, 1776 Independence Day Sep 19, 1777 Battle of Saratoga Dec 19, 1777 Valley Forge Mar 1, 1781 Articles of Confederation Mar 25, 1787 Constitutional Convention Jul 16, 1787 Great Compromise Sep 17, 1787 Constitution Oct 8, 1787 Shay’s Rebellion Oct 27, 1787 Federalist Papers Jan 1, 1791 Whiskey Rebellion- January 1791