Author: Mark T. Tomecko
Company: Green Local Schools

KEY DATES
Unit 2:  Birth of a Nation

*1754-1763 | French & Indian War | French & Indian (Seven Years’) War fought for control of North America
*1763 | Treaty of Paris (1763) | Treaty eliminated the French from North America
1763 | Proclamation of 1763 | Pontiac’s Rebellion caused British to stop westward colonial migration
1765 | Stamp Act | Stamp Act led colonists to protest
1770 | Boston Massacre | Colonists’ harassment of British troops led to bloodshed
1773 | Boston Tea Party | Tea Act stirred colonists to destroy tea shipments in protest
1774 | First Cont’l Congress | Intolerable Acts prompted first meeting of the Continental Congress
1775 | Lexington & Concord | First “battles” of the Revolutionary War fought
1776 | Second Cont’l Congress | 2CC met to organize the colonies for war
*1776 | Declaration of Independence | 2CC declared independence; Jefferson drafted Declaration
1777 | Saratoga | American victory opened way for French alliance
1781 | Yorktown | Cornwallis’ surrender assured American independence
*1781-1789 | Articles of Confederation | First government of the United States created a “loose union” of states
*1783 | Treaty of Paris (1783) | Treaty secured American independence
1787 | Northwest Ordinance | Created framework for statehood for new territories; abolished slavery in NW
*1787 | Constitutional Convention | Framers drafted a new constitution which took effect in *1789
1789-1797 | George Washington | George Washington elected first president in 1789; retired after two terms
1789 | French Revolution | French Revolution began
1791 | Bill of Rights | Bill of Rights ratified to appease opponents of Constitution
1791 | Bank of the U.S. | First Bank of the United States formed
1794 | Whiskey Rebellion | Whiskey Rebellion suppressed by new federal government
1797-1801 | John Adams | John Adams elected president; defeated in 1800 for re-election
1798 | Alien & Sedition Acts | Alien & Sedition Acts started nullification controversy (VA & KY Resolutions)
1798-1800 | Undeclared Naval War | Undeclared naval war with France resolved with Convention of 1800