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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.
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The Second Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia to figure out a solution to the unfair taxes that Britain was enforcing.
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This was the year that the Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson. It claimed Americas independence from Great Britain.
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At the Battle of Yorktown, the U.S. army successfully defeated General Cornwallis' French militia in Virginia.
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The Treaty of Paris was signed, the American Revolution was ended, and America aquired all land east of the Mississippi River.
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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.
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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.
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Washington D.C. was declared the Capital of the United States.
