Timeline: Origins of the U.S. Government Timeline | Timetoast

Jan 1, 1775

Revolutionary War
Period: Jan 1, 1775 to Sep 17, 1783

Revolutionary war
Jan 2, 1775

Second Continental Congress
Period: Jan 2, 1775 to Sep 17, 1781

Second Continental Congress
Jul 2, 1776

Contiental Congress Claims Independence
Jul 4, 1776

Continental congress adopts Decleration Of Independence
Jan 1, 1781

Articals of Confederation
Period: Jan 1, 1781 to Sep 17, 1787

Articals of Confederation
Jan 1, 1783

Critical Period
Period: Jan 1, 1783 to Sep 17, 1787

Critical Period
Jan 18, 1787

Constitiutional Convention
Jun 21, 1788

9th State Ratifies The Constitution
Jan 18, 1790

13Th State Ratifies the constitiution
Feb 18, 1791

Bill Of Rights is Ratified