Timeline of events leading up to the writing of the American Constitution

By Marcella9827
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    The Magna Carta

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    England established colonies

  • The mayflower compact

  • The Book of Laws or The General Fundamentals of New Plymouth

  • Period: to

    The 7 Years War or The French and Indian War

  • The Sugar Act

  • The Stamp Act

  • The colonists lost trust in their leaders and decided to self govern.

  • The Boston Massacre

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • First Continental Congress

  • Sending Delegates to Philadelphia

  • The Second Continental Congress

  • The war between Colonists and Britain

  • Revenue Act

  • The Declaration of Independence was sent to King George the third

  • Britain recognized the United States Independence

  • The Constitutional Convention