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Declaration of Rights and Grievances is passed
The Declaration of rights and grievances was created and passed by the Stamp Act congress, declaring that taxes imosed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional. it drafted a declaration to the King and Parliment, outlining the position of the congress. -
Boston Tea Party
In 1770, American protests led to Parliment repeal of the Townshend duties, except for the duty on tea retained by the British as a matter of principle. Then in 1773, Parliment passed the Tea Act, which gave the English East India Company a chance to avert bankruptcy by granting a monopoly on the importation of tea into the colonies. -
First Continental Congress meets
It was called in responses to the passage of the Coercive Acts by the British Parliment. The congress met briefly to consider options, including an economic boycott of British trade, rights and grievances, and petitioning King George III for redress of those grievances. It was elected by the people, by the colonial legislatures or by the committees of correspondence of the repective colonies. -
Revolutionary War begins
The war began as a war between the kingdom of Great Britain and Thirteen colonies in North America. It also began because of the heavy taxes that the British Parliment placed on the Americans, it was one of the offshoot events after the British and French War in the North American territories, the colonist in the U.S. were not allowed to have a representative in the British government, the American colonist congress placed limitations on the British government's control on the country. -
Second Continental Congress meets
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thriteen Colonies that stated in Philadelphia. The Second congress incrementally towards independence, adopting the U.S. Declaration of Independence. The meeting of the Seconf Continental congress started with the Battle of Lexington and Concord. -
Declaration of Independence is signed
It was announced that the thirteen colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themseleves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. The Declaration of Indenpendence consisted of two parts, a preamble and a bill of particulars. There has been a lot of debate on whether or not the signatures were actually completed on the date of July , 1776. -
Articles of Confederation is signed
It was signed by the 13 founding states that legally established the united states as a confederation of soverign states and served as its constitution. it was created in November 15,1777. After the ratifcation the continential congress set to work on the task of drawing up a document that would provide a legal framework for that union and which would be enforceable as the law of the new land. -
Revolutionary War ends
It was ended only when the Treaty of Paris was signed by the British in Paris in 1783. -
Constitutional Congress opens
It was to address problems governing the United States, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation. It was to create a new government rather than fixing the existing one. There were two ground rules that would govern the convention proceeding, all deberations were to be kept a secret and no issue was to be regarded as closed and could be revisited for debate at any time. -
Final Draft of the Constitution is signed
The final text of tonstitutional was signed by the delegates in Philadelphia. The document would not become binding until it was ratified by nioe of the thirteen states. The other four states who refuse to sign because of their objections to the final draft.
