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Stamp Act
This law required the purchase of tax stamps to buy paper. -
First Continental Congress
First Continental congress met at Philadelphia's Carpenters' Hall. Twelve colonies sent delegates to discuss how to return to a state of harmonious relations with the Mother Country -
Declartion Of Independence
adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
British occupied New York City
The British occupied New York City. A second British army lead by General Lord Cornwallis ravaged the South - capturing Charleston, Richmond, and apparently was heading for the Chesapeake Bay. Mutiny plagued the American army in New York and New Jersey. -
The Treaty of Paris
ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States of America. France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of these, and the negotiations which produced all four treaties -
Adoption of the American Constitution
The Adoption of the U.S. Constitution in Congress at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Courtesy of the State Museum of Pennsylvania
