Constitution Timeline

Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Jan 1, 1800

Declaration of Rights and Grievances

Oct 19, 1765

Declaration of Rights and Grievances

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Boston Tea Party

First Continental Congress meets

Sep 5, 1774

First Continental Congress

Revolutionary War begins

Apr 19, 1775

American Revolutionary War

2nd Continental Congress Met

May 10, 1775

Second Continental Congress

Declaration of Independence signed

Jul 4, 1776

United States Declaration of Independence

Articles of Confederation

Nov 15, 1777

Articles of Confederation

Revoultionary War ends

Sep 3, 1783

American Revolutionary War

Constitutional Congress Opens

May 17, 1787

Constitutional Convention

Final Draft of the Constitution is signed

Sep 17, 1787

U.S. Constitution signed