Founding father timeline

By RyanHiler

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The night of 12/16/1773, there were men that dressed in a disguised, and dumped tea into the Boston harbor.

  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord

    This battle marked the beginning of armed conflict between Great Britain and its thirteen American colonies.

  • Washington’s Farewell Address

    George Washington didn’t run for the third term because he didn’t think it was right

  • The Declaration of Independence is Signed

    The declaration was signed and this men’t that they were independent from britan

  • The Winter at Valley Forge

    It was a bad winter during the American Revolutionary War that the people didn’t have the supplies they’ve needed for the winter

  • The Articles of Confederation are Ratified

    The last state ratified and this was the attempt to form a national goverment

  • The battle of yorktown

    The Americans and British surrounded your town to take it over

  • The Constitution is Ratified

    The declaration was ratified when New Hampshire became the ninth state to approve it.

  • Marburg vs. Madison

    The federal court commanded federal courts unconstitutional

  • Presidential Inauguration of George Washington

    George Washington was sworn it to be the first president of the united states

  • The Death of George Washington

    George Washington died in his home from a throat infection. His house is now called Mount Vernon.

  • Election Day, 1800

    Thomas Jefferson was elected president