Founding of Jamestown
May, 1607
End of English Civil War
1649
1st Navigation Act Passed
1651
Beginning of French and Indian War
1754
Treaty of Paris ending French and Indian War
1763
Stamp Act passed
Spring, 1765
Stamp Act Congress
Oct., 1765
Townshend duties passed
1767
The Boston 'Tea Party'
Dec, 1773
Coercive (Intolerable) Acts passed
June, 1774
1st Continental Congress convenes at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia
Sept, 1774
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Apr., 1775
Battle of Hannah's Cowpens (Battle of Cowpens)
Jan., 1781
Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown
Oct., 1781
Peace of Paris ending American Revolution
Sept., 1783
Articles of Confederation ratified
Mar., 1781
Land Ordinance of 1785
1785
Annapolis Convention
Sept., 1786
Constitutional Convention
May, 1787
Ratification of US Constitution
Spring-Summer, 1788