Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789)
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"The Boston Massacre," an engraving by patriot Paul Revere.
This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1760 to 1789.
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1760s
- 1760 - King George III crowned
- 1763 - Treaty of Paris (1763) ends French and Indian War
- 1763 - Pontiac's Rebellion begins
- 1763 - British Royal Proclamation of 1763
- 1764 - Currency Act, passed by Parliament
- 1764 - Revenue Act is passed to enforce the Sugar Act
- 1765 - Stamp Act passed
- 1765 - Stamp Act Congress convenes
- 1765 - First Quartering Act
- 1767 - Townshend Acts
1770s
- 1770 - Boston Massacre
- 1771 - Battle of Alamance in North Carolina
- 1772 - Samuel Adams organizes the Committees of Correspondence
- 1773 - British Parliament passes Tea Act
- 1773 - Boston Tea Party
- 1774 - First Continental Congress
- 1774 - Dunmore's War
- 1774 - British pass Intolerable Acts, including:
- 1775 - Battle of Lexington and Concord
- 1775 - Second Continental Congress
- 1776 - Declaration of Independence
- 1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
- 1777 - Battle of Oriskany (August 6)
- 1777 - Battle of Saratoga (October 7)
- 1777 - Vermont, as the Republic of Vermont, passes the Constitution of Vermont, the first in the nation to outlaw slavery
- 1777 - Articles of Confederation adopted by the Second Continental Congress
- 1778 - Treaty of Alliance
1780s
- 1781 - Articles of Confederation ratified
- 1781 - British surrender at Yorktown
- 1781 - Bank of North America chartered
- 1783 - Treaty of Paris (1783) ends United States Revolutionary War
- 1785 - Treaty of Hopewell
- 1786 - Shays' Rebellion
- 1786 - Annapolis Convention fails
- 1787 - Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- 1787 - Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
- 1787 - Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey become states
- 1788 - Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia and New York become states
- 1789 - Constitution ratified
- 1789 - George Washington becomes President
- 1789 - Judiciary Act of 1789
- 1789 - Hamilton tariff
- 1789 - Jay-Gardoqui Treaty
- 1789 - North Carolina becomes a state
| 1700-1759 | 1760-1789
History of the United States |
1790-1819 |
Clip Art and Pictures
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Lesson Plans, Resources and Activites
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