Unit 2 Timeline

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

An act regulating stamp duty https://www.google.com/search?q=stamp+act&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifwKfIi53eAhUDnFkKHTpCDQ8Q_AUIDigB&biw=1368&bih=802#imgrc=RwPBdG0DIg7IeM:

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

When a group of colonists began harassing a group of British soldiers and the soldiers fired into the crowed killing 5 people
https://www.google.com/search?q=boston+massacre&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1s7-Bi53eAhUQpFkKHZUrCD0Q_AUIDigB&biw=1368&bih=802#imgrc=fght2-CgwgAwcM:

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

An event organized by the Sons of Liberty when they poured more then 1 million dollars worth of tea into the water. https://www.google.com/search?q=boston+tea+party&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiqmYHWi53eAhWj1FkKHYMPA9oQ_AUIDigB&biw=1368&bih=802#imgrc=jMsiTUbf3fc0rM:

Intolerable Acts

Mar 31, 1774

Laws passed to punish the colonists of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. https://www.google.com/search?q=intolerable+acts&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9_d_ii53eAhWDzlkKHRVGDlUQ_AUIDigB&biw=1368&bih=802#imgrc=PlukOci-B2BUvM:

First Continental Congress

Oct 26, 1774

Meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. https://www.google.com/search?q=first+continental+congress&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS759US759&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiU8MTyi53eAhVLrVkKHbhJCxoQ_AUIDigB&biw=1368&bih=802#imgrc=FzMEYeo6_tQGvM:

Beginning of the American Revolution

Apr 19, 1775

The fight for independence begins

Second Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1775

Meeting of all 13 delegates, managed the Colonial war and moved incrementally towards independence

Declaration of Independence

Aug 2, 1776

The Declaration of Independence was finalized and signed

American Revolution Ends

Sep 3, 1783

The war ends and the Americans win their independence

Shays' Rebellion

Aug 31, 1786

The farmers up north were upset they were being taxed so soon after the war so they rebelled and the Founding Fathers were afraid it would start another war

Constitutional Convention

May 27, 1787

A gathering for the purpose of writing a new Constitution

The Constitution is Ratified

Jun 21, 1788

The Constitution is ratified by the states and is now the Constitution for the United States

The Bill of Rights is Ratified

Dec 15, 1791

The rights of the people of the country are written out in the Constitution and ratified