Revolution & Nation Building By jeremyeve Jun 19, 1754 Colonial Congress at Albany Period: Jul 21, 1754 to Jul 21, 1820 Revolution and Nation Building Jul 3, 1756 French and Indian War Feb 10, 1763 Treaty of Paris Mar 22, 1765 Stamp Act Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Sep 5, 1774 First Continental Congress Apr 19, 1775 Lexington and Concord May 10, 1775 Second Continental Congress May 10, 1775 Ethan Allen captures Fort Ticonderoga Jun 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Dec 26, 1776 Washington captures Hessians at Trenton Oct 17, 1777 Battle of Saratoga Surrender of Burgoyne Dec 19, 1777 Washington encamps at Valley Forge Feb 6, 1778 French-American Alliance Sep 23, 1779 Naval victory of John Paul Jones Oct 19, 1781 General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown Nov 15, 1781 Adoption of the Articles of Confederation Sep 23, 1783 Treaty of Paris Aug 31, 1786 Shay's Rebellion Mar 14, 1787 Constitutional Convention meets at Philadelphia May 14, 1787 Signing of the Constitution of the USA Apr 30, 1789 Washington inaugurated first President Dec 1, 1793 Thomas Jefferson founds Republican (Democratic) party Oct 28, 1795 Jay's treaty ratified Mar 4, 1797 John Adams becomes president Jul 6, 1798 Alien and sedition laws enacted Jun 11, 1800 Nation's capitol moved Washington DC Mar 4, 1801 Thomas Jefferson becomes president Aug 1, 1801 War with the Barbary States, North Africa Apr 30, 1803 Purchase of Louisiana Territory Jul 11, 1804 Burr kills Hamilton in a duel Jun 2, 1805 Lewis and Clark expedition Lewis and Clark ExhibitionDiscovering Lewis & Clark Jan 1, 1808 Prohibition of the foreign slave trade Mar 4, 1809 James Madison becomes president Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 Aug 25, 1814 British capture Washington DC Dec 24, 1814 Treaty of Ghent Jan 8, 1815 Battle of New Orleans Feb 24, 1817 Seminole War Mar 4, 1817 James Monroe becomes president Jul 21, 1820 The Missouri Compromise
