Timeline

  • Stamp Act Congress

  • Stamp Act

  • Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

  • 2nd Continental Congress

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

  • Adoption of the Declaration of Independence

  • Adoption of the Articles of Confederation

  • Treaty of Paris

  • Constitution Approved

  • 1st meeting of Congress in NYC

  • George Washington becomes president

  • Bill of Rights added to the Constitution

  • Surrender of General Cornwallis