oofe By stu.walkowskl@mishawaka.k12.in.us 1755 French and Indian War 1763 End of French and Indian War Aug 7, 1763 Proclamation of 1763 1764 Sugar Act 1765 Stamp Act May 24, 1765 Quartering Act 1767 Townshed Acts of 1767 1770 Boston Massacare 1773 Tea Act 1774 Intolerable Acts 1776 Jefferson writes the first IOU 1776 Battles of Trenton and New Jersey 1776 Manumission 1777 American and British Battle of Saratoga 1777 Howe captures Philadelphia 1777 State Constitutions 1777 Articles of Confederation 1778 Congress prohibits enslaved people imported to the US 1778 Winter at Valley Forge 1779 John Paul Jones & Serapis 1779 Spain Declares war on Great Britain 1780 British forces capture Charles Town 1781 British surrender at Yorktown 1781 Plans for first Fed. Tax 1783 Treaty of Paris 1784 Spain closed lower Mississippi River to American Western Settlers 1785 The Ordinance of 1785 1787 The North West Ordinance 1787 Shay's Rebellion 1787 Convention Sep 17, 1787 Singing of the Constitution Dec 7, 1787 Delaware fist state to approve Constitution Jun 21, 1788 New Hampshire ratifies Constitution 1800 Land Act of 1800
