Founding Fathers Timeline

By ClayKelley37
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    American Patriots dumped tea into the Boston Harbor and casued the British to close Boston, help start the Revolution.
  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  • The Declaratin of Independce is Signed

    The Declaratin of Independce is Signed

    The formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain
  • The Winter at Valley Forge

    The Winter at Valley Forge

    12,000 men and women of the Continental Army arrived in Valley Forge on December 19, 1777 with Commander In Chief, General George Washington. They were half-starved and no longer thought they could win a war of independence from Britain
  • The Death of George Washington

    The Death of George Washington

    George Washington was the first president of the U.S.A. He was one of the founding fathers. The Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The Battle of Yorktown

  • The Constitution is Ratified

    The Constitution is Ratified

    A majority of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention approved the documents over which they had labored since May.
  • Presidential Inauguration of George Washington

    Presidential Inauguration of George Washington

  • Washington’s Farewell Address

    Washington’s Farewell Address

    This is a letter wrote by the first presidenet, George Washington, to "The People of the United States of America"
  • Marbury vs. Madison

    Marbury vs. Madison

    This was a United States Supreme Court case where the court formed the basis for the excerise of judicial review in the United States.