We the People By Dvhl Feb 5, 1765 British government passed a tax law called the Stamp Act. Feb 5, 1767 New taxes on other goods were passed so that Britain could collect more money from the colonists. Feb 5, 1773 A group of colonists showed their displeasure by throwing hundreds of chests of tea from a British ship into the Boston Harbor. Feb 5, 1774 Colonial leaders met in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, in a gathering they called the First Continental Congress. Apr 9, 1775 700 British soldiers marched into Lexington,Massachusetts. May 5, 1775 Leaders met again for the Second Continental Congress. Feb 5, 1776 The Congress decided the colonies should become free and independent states. Period: Feb 6, 1777 to Feb 6, 1792 We the People Feb 6, 1778 John Adams starts his trip to France as a young boy. Feb 5, 1783 American and British leaders signed an agreement called the Treaty of Paris. Feb 5, 1787 Leaders met again in Philadelphia in what is known to day as the Constitutional Convention. Feb 5, 1787 Leaders signed the United States Constitution. Feb 5, 1791 The first ten amendments added to the Constitution in 1791 became known as the Bill of Rights.
