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Timeline

By seth.bright
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    sugar Act, taxing sugar and coffee
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonists threw crates of tea bags into the ocean
  • The battle of Lexington and Concord

    The battle of Lexington and Concord

    This war became known as the American Revolution

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    Started September 19 1777, and ended October 7 1777
  • British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

    British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia

    Started October 19, 1781 General Cornwallis brought 8,000 troops They expected help from British ships. But they never showed up
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    September 1786 took place in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787.
  • Ratification of the US Constitution

    Ratification of the US Constitution

    Signed in September 1787 It had to be ratified by nine of the 13 states before. New Hampshire ratified it on June 21, 1788