Timeline Continued

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    Manumission

  • Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence

    Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence

    This is the document that declared our independence from Britain.
  • Battles of Trenton and New Jersey

    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

    Howe captures Philadelphia

    This was a strategic British defeat.
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    State constitutions

    States began making constitutions.
  • American and British Battle of Saratoga

    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

    Articles of confedaration

    This was when the Americans established a weak central government
  • Congress prohibits enslaved people to be imported to the U.S

    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

    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 declares war on Great Britain

    Spain declared war on Great Britain
  • John Paul Jones & Serapis

    John Paul Jones & Serapis

    This was when John Paul Jones defeated the British warship Serapis
  • British Forces capture Charles Town

    British Forces capture Charles Town

    This was a battle where the Americans surrendered and were the worst military defeat in America at the time.
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    Plans for the first federal tax

    This was the plan for the first federal tax.
  • British surrender at Yorktown

    British surrender at Yorktown

    This was the battle that ended the American Revolutionary War.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    A peace treaty between Britain and America completely ending the Revolutionary War.
  • Spain closed lower Mississippi River to American Western Settlers

    Spain closed lower Mississippi River to American Western Settlers

    When Spain closed the navigation of the Mississippi river
  • The ordinance of 1785

    The ordinance of 1785

    They established the selling of land.
  • Convention

    Convention

    This was a meeting known as the constitutional convention.
  • Shays rebellion

    Shays rebellion

    Shays rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis
  • The northwest ordinace

    The northwest ordinace

    Listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory of each state.
  • Signing of the Constitution

    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

    New Hampshire ratifies constitution

    This was when New Hampshire approved the constitution.
  • The land act of 1800

    The land act of 1800

    Gave people the opportunity to buy land