The American Revolution

By Beaner

  • 1765

    1765
    A series of resolutions passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses in response to the Stamp Act of 1765

  • 1775

    1775
    The second continental Congress met in Philadelphia in May, 1775 and in the summer of 1776.

  • 1776

    1776
    The second continental Congress adopted the declaration of independence.

  • 1781

    1781
    The American and French trap General Cornwallis‘s army in Yorktown Virginia

  • 1783

    1783
    The treaty of Paris ended the American revolution

  • 1787

    1787
    The constitutional convention in Philadelphia between May and September to address the problems of a week central government that existed under the articles of confederation

  • 1790

    1790
    The 1790s naturalization act Made it to be a citizen of the US you had to be a free white person of good character excluding those of other races

  • 1799

    1799
    The beginning of the French revolution the French have seen how America is gained their freedom and they want the same