Origins of Constitution

By LiLkPatt

  • Jamestown founded

    Americas first permanent english colony in virginia

  • French Indian War

    French defeated and power broken

  • King George lll is King

    George lll came to the throne

  • stamp Act

    required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents

  • Boston Massacre

    British troops fired on a jeering crowd killing five

  • Boston Tea Party

    men disguised as native americans boarded three ships and bumped cargo into sea protest controll of tea

  • 1st Continental Congress

    time to punish the colonists for the troubles in boston

  • Revolutionary War begins

    the "shot heard round the world" had been fired

  • 2nd Continental Congress

    becaome by force of circumstance the nations first national government

  • Declaration of Independence

    proclaiming the existence of the new nation

  • Articles of Confederation

    established a firm league of friendship among the states

  • Revolutionary Wat ends

    Americas victory was confirmed by the signing of the treaty of paris

  • Shay's Rebellion

    led armed uprising that forced several state judges to close their courts

  • Ratification of constitution

  • Constitutional Convention

    bodies of fundamental laws setting out the principles