Timeline: Revolutionary Years

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Fasttrack to America's Past
Section 3: Revolutionary Years

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Timeline: Revolutionary Years American Revolution

Dates for the events shown:

Boston Tea Party - 1773 (Dec.)
Intolerable Acts - 1774 (arrive in May)
First Continental Congress - 1774 (Sept.)
Lexington/Concord fighting - 1775 (April)
Second Continental Congress - 1775 (May)
Common Sense published - 1776 (Jan.)
Independence declared - 1776 (July)
Valley Forge Camp - Winter, 1777-78
Victory at Yorktown - 1781 (Oct.)
Treaty of Paris - 1783
Constitutional Convention - 1787 (Summer)
Constitution ratified - 1788 (June)
George Washington inaugurated - 1789 (April)
Bill of Rights ratified - 1791 (Dec.)
Proclamation of Neutrality - 1793
John Adams elected - 1796 (Nov.)
Sedition Act - 1798
Jefferson elected - 1800

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