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HIS 103 Timeline 2
US History Timeline 1763-1796
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1763 | End of the French and Indian War. Proclamation Line formed. |
| 1765 | Stamp Act passed. Stamp Act Congress in New York. Quartering Act is passed. |
| 1766 | Declaratory Act is passed declaring England's sovereignty over the colonies. |
| 1767 | Townshend Duties |
| 1770 | Boston Massacre |
| 1772 | The burning of the Gaspee. Committees of Correspondence formed. |
| 1773 | Tea Act. Boston Tea Party. |
| 1774 | Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) passed closing Boston. First Continental Congress formed. |
| 1775 | Prohibitory Act embargo on American goods. Battles of Lexington and Concord. Second Continental Congress. Battle of Bunker Hill. |
| 1776* | Common Sense by Thomas Paine. The Declaration of Independence (July 4). Battle of Trenton. Valley Forge, Washington's winter quarters. |
| 1777 | Battles of Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown. General Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga. |
| 1778 | Britain's Southern Offensive, capture Savannah. |
| 1780-1781 | Battles of Camden, Charlestown, and Cowpens. Patriots defeat the British at King's Mountain (South Carolina). |
| 1781 | Articles of Confederation ratified by States. Washington forces General Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown. |
| 1783 | Treaty of Paris, ending of the Revolutionary War. |
| 1785 | Land Ordinance passed |
| 1786 | Annapolis Convention suggests revision of Articles of Confederation |
| 1787* | Spring/Summer: The Philadelphia Convention. September 17: The Constitution is signed by 39 members of the Philadelphia Convention. Northwest Ordinance. |
| 1787-1788 | All States except North Carolina and Rhode Island ratify the Constitution |
| 1789 | George Washington first president of the US |
| 1791 | The Bill of Rights ratified by States. Hamilton's Reports. |
| 1794 | Whiskey Rebellion |
| 1796 | John Adams second president of the US |