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Period 3: Revolutionary Era and the New Nation
(1754-1820s)
1756 Outbreak of the French and Indian War .
1758 The first Indian reservation in America is founded in New Jersey.
1760
Sept. 18 France cedes Quebec to England.
1763
Feb. 10 The French and Indian War ends with the Treaty of Paris.
1768 James Cook explores the Hawaiian Islands.
1773 The Sons of Liberty throw the "Boston Tea Party."
1774
Mar. 22 Juan Bautista de Anza expedition arrives at the mission San Gabriel, near what is now Los Angeles, California.
Sept. 5 First Continental Congress convened.
1775
Mar. 23 Patrick Henry delivers his "give me liberty or give me death" speech to Virginia Assembly in Richmond.
Apr. 19 Revolutionary War begins with battles at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
May 10 Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia. All colonies are represented.
June 10 The Continental Army is the first standing army in the U.S.
Dec. 22 Congress creates a Navy. Juan Bautista de Anza and Francisco Tomas Graces lead group of settlers overland to San Francisco.
1776
July 4 The Declaration of Independence is approved by Congress without dissent.
1776-7 Dominguez-Escalante expedition seeks northern route from Santa Fe to Monterey.
1777
June 14 Congress establishes stars and stripes design of the American flag.
Nov. 15 The Articles of Confederation are adopted, but not yet ratified, by Congress.
1778 France and the United States form an alliance.
1781
Mar. 1 The Articles of Confederation are ratified by Congress.
Oct. 19 England surrenders at Yorktown.
1783
Feb. 4 England declares hostilities are at an end.
Apr. 11 The United States declares hostilities are at an end.
Sept. 3 A peace treaty between England and the United States is signed in Paris.
1784
Jan. 14 The Treaty of Paris is signed, bringing an official end to the Revolutionary War.
1786 The Virginia House of Burgesses passes the Statute for Religious Freedom, penned by Thomas Jefferson in 1779.
1787 The Federalist papers are published.
May 25 The Constitutional Convention opens.
July 13 With the signing of the Northwest Ordinance , the Northwest Territory is established.
Sept. 17 The U.S. Constitution is approved by the Constitutional Congress and sent to the states for ratification.
Dec. 7 Delaware ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
Dec. 12 Pennsylvania ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
Dec. 18 New Jersey ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
1788
Jan. 2 Georgia ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
Jan. 9 Connecticut ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
Feb. 6 Massachusetts ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
Apr. 28 Maryland ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
May 23 South Carolina ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
June 21 New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state. The Constitution is officially ratified .
June 25 Virginia ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
July 26 New York ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
1789
Apr. 30 George Washington takes office as 1st President of the United States.
Aug. 7 Congress establishes the Ohio territory.
Nov. 21 North Carolina ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
1790
May 26 Congress organizes territory south of Ohio.
May 29 Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state. The nation's first census records 3.9 million people.
1791
Mar. 4 Vermont ratifies the Constitution and becomes a state.
Dec. 15 The Bill of Rights , the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, are adopted by Congress.
1792
June 1 Kentucky becomes a state.
1795
Feb. 7 Congress ratifies the 11th Amendment to the Constitution.
1796
June 1 Tennessee becomes a state.
1797
Mar. 4 John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States.
1798
Apr. 7 Congress organizes the Mississippi territory.
1800
May 7 Congress organizes the Indiana territory.
1801
Mar. 4 Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the 3rd President of the United States.
1803
Mar.1 Ohio becomes a state.
Apr. 30 Congress approves the Louisiana Purchase Treaty .
1804
June 15 Congress ratifies the 12th Amendment to the Constitution. Lewis and Clark Expedition leaves St. Louis, Missouri.
1805
Jan. 11 Congress establishes Michigan territory.
1809
Feb. 3 Congress establishes Illinois territory.
Mar. 4 James Madison inaugurated as 4th President of the United States.
1810
Sept. 16 Mexico wins independence from Spain.
1812
Apr. 30 Louisiana becomes a state.
June 4 Congress establishes Missouri territory.
June War of 1812 begins.
1814
Dec. 24 War of 1812 ends with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.
1815
June 18 The Battle of Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
1816
Dec. 11 Indiana becomes a state.
1817
Mar. 3 Congress establishes Alabama territory.
Mar. 4 James Monroe becomes the 5th President of the United States.
Dec. 10 Mississippi becomes a state.
1818
Dec. 3 Illinois becomes a state.
1819
Mar. 2 Congress establishes Arkansas territory.
Dec. 14 Alabama becomes a state.
1820
Mar. 14 Maine becomes a state.
1821
Aug. 10 Missouri becomes a state. Mexico wins independence from Spain. William Becknell leads a group of traders from Independence, Missouri, to what would later become Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the route that would later be known as the Santa Fe Trail.
1822
Mar. 30 Congress establishes Florida territory.
1825
Mar. 4 John Quincy Adams inaugurated as 6th President of the United States.
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