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First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress calls for abolition of slave trade -
6 Events in 1775
Battles of Lexington & Concord
Second Continental congress
Americans capture British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point
Battle of Bunker Hill
King George III formally proclaims colonies in rebellion
Failed invasion of Canada -
Philadelphia Quakers
Philadelphia Quakers found world's first antislavery society -
# Events of 1776
Paine's Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
Battle of Trenton -
New Jersey
New Jersey Constitutuion temporarily gives women the right to vot -
the 3 Battles of 1777
Battle of Brandywine
Battle of Germantown
Battle of Sarahtoga -
Articles of Confederation Adopted
Articles of Confederation Adopted by Second Continental Congress -
New Alliance & a Battle
Formation of French-American alliance
Battle of Monmouth -
Period: to
Clark's Victories
Clark's Victories in the West -
Massachusetts
Massachusetts adopts first constitution drafted in convention and ratified by popular vote -
4 Events of 1781
Battle of King's Mountain
Battle of Cowpens
Greene leads Carolina campaign
French and Americans force Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown -
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation put into effect -
North's Ministry
North's Ministry collapses in Britain -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Paris -
Military
Military Officers form Society of Cincinatti -
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
Treaty of Fort Stanwix -
Land of Ordinance
Land of Ordinance of 1785 -
Ordinace & Constitutional Convention
Northwest Ordinance
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia -
3 Events 1786
Viginia Statute for Religious freedom
Shays Rebellion
Meeting of five stats to discuss revision of the Articles of Confederation -
Ratification
Ratification by nine states gurantees a new government under the constitution