Timeline
1607: Virginia Company Lands and establishes Jamestown colony
December 1620: Pilgrims arrive in Plymouth,MA
1755-1762: French and Indian War
October 7, 1763: The Royal Proclamation
April 5, 1764: Parliament passes the Revenue Act
June 2, 1764:Quartering Act
March 22, 1765: Passage of the Stamp Act
March 18,1776:Repeal of the Stamp Act
July 2, 1767: Passage of the Townsend Acts
March 5,1770: The Boston Massacre
May 10,1773: Passage of the Tea Act
December 16,1773: Boston Tea Party
March 21-May 20,1774: Passage of the Coercive Acts
April 19, 1775: Battles of Lexington and Concord
August 23,1775:King George lll declares colonies in open rebellion
June 7-July 2, 1776:Presentation and passage of the Lee Resolution
July 4, 1776: Adoption of the Declaration of Independence
July 5, 1776: Declaration of Independence Distributed Around the Colonies
August 2, 1776: Declaration of Independence "Engrossed" on Parchment and Signed
September 3, 1783: The Treaty of Paris and the End of the Revolutionary War
July 2, 1787: Full ratification of the United States Constitution