1754-1800: Revolutionary Period

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  • Period: to

    French and Indian War

  • Period: to

    Seven Years' War

  • Proclamation of 1763

  • Sugar Act

  • Sons of Liberty is formed

  • Stamp Act is passed

  • Declaratory Act

  • Townshend Act

  • Boston Massacre

  • Tea Act

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    American Revolutionary War

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Intolerable Acts

  • First Continental Congress

  • Stamp Act is repealed

  • Thomas Jefferson presents the Declaration of Independence

  • Articles of Confederation

    Created 1777, ratified 1781

  • U.S. Constitution ratified

    Created: 1787
    Ratified: 1788
    Effective: 1789

  • George Washington becomes the first POTUS

  • Bill of Rights ratified

  • Fugitive Slave Act passed

  • Whiskey Rebellion

  • Library of Congress founded