1215Magna Carta

1492Christopher Columbus discovers the New World

November 11, 1620

• Mayflower Compact• •

1770

• Boston Massacre• •

December of 1773

• Boston Tea Party• •

1776

• Common Sense by Thomas Paine• •

July 4, 1776

• Declaration of Independence• Written by Thomas Jefferson• • •

1777 - 1781

• Articles of Confederation• 1777 1st signatures• 1781 All 13 colonial States Ratified• • • •

April 15, 1783

• Treaty of Paris• Officially ended the ________________________ in which

the last battle was in 1781 where Washington trapped Cornwallis’s troops at Yorktown, forcing surrender, and marking the end to battles of the Revolutionary war.

• Britain officially recognized the Independence of the United States.

May of 1787

• Shays Rebellion meeting was held• Represented the weak central government of the Articles

of Confederation and the powers in which it held.• • •

September 17, 1787

• The United States Constitution was Ratified• Written by James Madison• Sections included the Preamble and 7 Articles• Article I - Article VI• Article II• Article III - Article VII • Article IV• Article V

1789

• George Washington was elected as the 1st United States President• George Washington• • • •

December 15, 1791

• Bill of Rights• Represented the 1st ten Amendments to the United States

Constitution were Ratified• 1 - 6• 2 - 7• 3 - 8• 4 - 9• 5 - 10• And later 17 more Amendments continuing to shape the

Constitution until 1992 with the 27th Amendment