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1765
The Stamp Act is passed, which was a tax from British officials on stamps and other paper products. "No taxation without representation!" This was one of the many 'Intolerable Acts' that was enforced on Colonists. -
1774
The Second Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia to figure out a solution to the unfair taxes that Britain was enforcing. -
1776
This was the year that the Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson. It claimed Americas independence from Great Britain. -
1781
At the Battle of Yorktown, the U.S. army successfully defeated General Cornwallis' French militia in Virginia. -
1783
The Treaty of Paris was signed, the American Revolution was ended, and America aquired all land east of the Mississippi River. -
1787
This was the end of the Articles of Confederation. They were very weak and did not outline a strong government for the expanding country to live under. It had a very weak form of central government and no power to tax or regulate money. -
1789
After the articles of confederation proved to be faulty, the US Constitution was written and signed by our founding fathers. It included a Bill of Rights, which defined a citizens basic rights, and a federal government's judicial powers. -
1792
Washington D.C. was declared the Capital of the United States.
