The American revolution

By Mohamad08
  • 1765

    1765

    November 1765, all of the original twelve stamp collectors had resigned.
  • 1766

    1766

    1766, Sons of Liberty groups formed in most of the colonies to direct and organize further popular resistance.
  • 1774

    1774

    In 1774, the British Parliament passed a series of laws collectively known as the Intolerable Acts
  • 1776

    1776

    In the opening months of 1776, independence, for the first time, became part of the popular debate.
  • 1781

    1781

    The Battle of Yorktown proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution.
  • 1783

    1783

    This treaty, signed on September 3, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
  • 1787

    1787

    The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
  • 1791

    1791

    Adopted in 1791, the bill consisted of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution and outlined many of the personal rights state constitutions already guaranteed.