tn us gorvenment timline By taylor n 1213 Magna Carta 1605 Jamestown, VA 1619 House of Burgesses 1620 Plymouth, MA 1628 Petition of Right 1763 Proclamation of 1763 1764 Sugar Act 1765 Stamp Act 1773 Tea Act 1774 Coercive Acts 1774 First Continental Congress 1775 Second Continental Congress 1776 July 4, 1776: U.S. declares independence 1781 Articles of Confederation 1786 Annapolis Meeting 1787 Constitutional Convention 1790 Ratification