-
Period: to
Manumission
-
Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence
This is the document that declared our independence from Britain. -
Battles of Trenton and New Jersey
This was a small but very important battle of the revolutionary war. The Americans came out on top. -
Howe captures Philadelphia
This was a strategic British defeat. -
Period: to
State constitutions
States began making constitutions. -
American and British Battle of Saratoga
This was a battle that ended with a decisive win for the Americans as the British surrendered. -
Articles of confedaration
This was when the Americans established a weak central government -
Congress prohibits enslaved people to be imported to the U.S
This was something that made Thomas Jefferson one of the first statesmen to try to end slavery or prohibit slavery. -
Winter at Valley Forge
This was when Washingtons army was stuck in valley forge with a lack of materials during a bitter winter. -
Spain declares war on Great Britain
Spain declared war on Great Britain -
John Paul Jones & Serapis
This was when John Paul Jones defeated the British warship Serapis -
British Forces capture Charles Town
This was a battle where the Americans surrendered and were the worst military defeat in America at the time. -
Period: to
Plans for the first federal tax
This was the plan for the first federal tax. -
British surrender at Yorktown
This was the battle that ended the American Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris
A peace treaty between Britain and America completely ending the Revolutionary War. -
Spain closed lower Mississippi River to American Western Settlers
When Spain closed the navigation of the Mississippi river -
The ordinance of 1785
They established the selling of land. -
Convention
This was a meeting known as the constitutional convention. -
Shays rebellion
Shays rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis -
The northwest ordinace
Listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory of each state. -
Signing of the Constitution
Constitution gets signed establishing a form of government. -
Delaware approves the constitution
Deleware becomes the first state to approve the constitution. -
New Hampshire ratifies constitution
This was when New Hampshire approved the constitution. -
The land act of 1800
Gave people the opportunity to buy land
