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First Continental Congress calls for abolition of slave trade
The British government began the abolition of the slave trade because of the pressure by various groups. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This battle was fought between Britain and the American colonies, Britain defeated the Americans. -
Philadelphia Quakers found world’s first anti-slavery society
The Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society was founded in 1775, in Philadelphia. -
New Jersey constitution temporarily gives women the vote
The Constitution of the State of New Jersey is the basic governing document of the State of New Jersey. -
Declaration of Independence
This document separated Loyalists from Patriots and helped start the American Revolution. -
Articles of confederation adopted by Second Continental Congress
The Articles of Confederation served as a bridge between the initial government by the Continental Congress of the Revolutionary period. -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle was a turning point because the French and Americans become allies! -
Formation of French-American alliance
The Battles of Saratoga lead to the Franco-American alliance, they then formed as a military alliance. They both signed the Treaty of Alliance in 1778. -
Clark's victories in the West
Because of Clark the Americans controlled the land between the Great Lakes, Ohio River, and Mississippi River. -
Massachusetts adopt first constitution drafted in convention and approved by vote
The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 is the oldest written, still-governing constitution in the world. -
Articles of Confederation put into effect
The Articles of Confederation were in force from March 1, 1781 -
French and Americans force Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown
British General Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a French and American force at Yorktown, bringing the American Revolution to an end. -
Military officers form Society of the Cincinnati
This was founded in 1783 to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the American Revolutionary War officers. -
Treaty of Paris
This ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other. -
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
It was signed at Fort Stanwix and it was the first of several treaties between Native Americans and the United States after the American victory in the Revolutionary War. -
Land Ordinance of 1785
The goal of this was to raise money through the sale of land in the largely unmapped territory of the original states acquired after the end of the Revolutionary War in the 1783. -
Shays Rebellion
This was an armed uprising led by Daniel Shays, that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. -
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
This addressed problems in governing the United States, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. -
Approval by 9 states guarantee a new government under the Constitution
The oldest federal constitution in existence was framed by a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen original states in Philadelphia.
