Digital Timeline

The Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

The people had to begin paying taxes on stamps making documents legal.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Colonists Protested tax on tea by dumping supply in the ocean.

Ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes

Apr 18, 1775

Both men set out to see if the British were invading American soil

Lexington and Concord "The shot heard round the world"

Apr 19, 1775

The first battle of the American Revolution

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Document stating our freedoms and rights as a nation

Articles of Confederation

Mar 2, 1781

Outlined powers of the government and the states

General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown

Oct 19, 1781

American and the French worked together to overrun the British and force Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown.

Constitution Adopted

Jun 21, 1788

Established the country's government and independent laws

Bill of Rights Adopted

Dec 15, 1791

First 10 amendments in the Constitution that outlines the rights of our individual freedoms as citizens