Quiz Answers...

1. False

2. True

3. Angry

4. People of Boston should pay for tea.

5. Overland

6. Georgia

7. Cut off trade with England.

Scores:

1 Wrong -86%

2 Wrong- 72%

3 Wrong- 58%

4 Wrong- 44%

5 Wrong- 30%

6 and more- FAIL

Grade Yourself!

1. All Americans agreed that the Boston Tea Party was fair.

True False

2. Some Boston businessmen agreed to pay for the tea that was lost in the Boston Harbor.

a.True

b .False

3. The King of England was with the Americans after the Boston Tea Party

a.Happy

b. Angry

4. The Intolerable Acts said all of the following except:

The people of Boston must pay for the tea.
The Americans must house the British soldiers.
The people of Boston had to go to church each Sunday.
The people of Boston could not hold town meetings.

5. Since food could not be shipped into Boston, other colonies sent food to them .

A. By air

B. By overland

6. The First Continental Congress had representatives from all colonies except __________.


7. The First Continental Congress decided to do which of the following:

a. Cut off trade with England.
b. Fight the King of England.
c. Throw the soldiers out of the American homes.
d. Force the King to repeal the Intolerable Acts.

Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies

In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain [George III] is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained, and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For protecting them by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms. Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren.
We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.
We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here.
We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence.


They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by the authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare.

That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown,

and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is and ought to be totally dissolved;

and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce,

and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
The signers of the Declaration represented the new States as follows:

New Hampshire:

Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts:

John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island:

Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery
Connecticut:

Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott
New York:

William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
New Jersey:

Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark
Pennsylvania:

Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross
Delaware:

Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
Maryland:

Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia:

George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton
North Carolina:

William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn
South Carolina:

Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton


Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton

Lexington and Concord Battle

Was a battle that was made in April 19, 1775. 73 people were killed in that time. Were first military engagements of the American Revolution War. Gage was the one who send these troops to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock because they wanted to govern by their own. They went to Concord and seized weapons. Then Paul Revere and the local patriots ran off the troops back to boston and by the militia which were mostly known as minute men. These militias were mostly farmers and soldiers. After this, the Redcoats went to down and asked militias to disperse. 8 Patriots were dead at the end. Their trick was to go behind the trees and hundreds of minute men killed the Redcoats. Almost 200. They had win the the Lexington and Concord Battle.

Interesting Facts About the American Revolution

• There were two Boston Tea Parties.
• The first submarine attack was placed in New York's Harbor in 1776
• Benjamin Franklin was the one in charge of writing the declaration of Independence.
• John Adams defended the British Soldiers after the Boston Massacre.
• 1/7 people in Washington's Army were Black.
• Washington was the best spymaster in the American History
• Women also participated in the Continental Army
• In 1779 more Americans were fighting with British than with Washington
• King George almost leave the crown after the British Army's lost.

Intolerable Acts And How Colonists Take Action!

With all the abuse from the British with the taxes against the colonists, these people were tired. They starting taking actions because their ports were closed, they had to pay too much taxes, they had to take care of British soldiers in their own home and give them all their needs, they cut some lands that belonged to the colonists, etc. These acts were called the Coercive Acts. And these acts were most known as the Intolerable Acts because colonists didnt want to be under this domain anymore. They starting taking actions by making boycotts, the Parliament and the crown get angry so thats why they made all these rules. The crown send forces and warships to the colonies and were threatening the colonists. These people were sick of all this abuse, so in 1774 delegates from all the colonies except Pennsylvania and Georgia made the first Continental Congress which were to make boycotts in the Coercive acts and this also lead to a colonial unity. The leaders in this time were: John Adams and Patrick Henry. 2 years passed and they were still against the king and his acts, also the right to have a representation in the parliament and made all his rights fairly.

The Boston Massacre Video

Colonial Leaders and British Commanders

Some of the Colonial Leaders were:

George Washington

Richard Montgomery

John Parker

Colonel James Barrett

Colonel John Buttrick

William Heath

Dr. Joseph Warren

Benedict Arnold

Ethan Allen

William Prescott

Israel Putnam

Daniel Morgan

William Alexander

Robert Magaw

Nathanael Greene

Nicholas Herkimer

Horatio Gates

Robert Howe

Benjamin Lincoln

Johann de Kalb

Marquis de la Rouerie

James Johnston

William Campbell

John Sevier

John Stark

There were also British Commanders like:

Sir William Howe

Sir Henry Clinton

Lord Charles Cornwallis

Sir Guy Carleton

Major-General Francis Smith

Major John Pitcairn

Lieutenant-General Hugh Percy

Captain William DeLaPlace

Wilhelm von Knyphausen

Johann Rall

Charles Mawhood

Sir John Johnson

John Butler

Chief Joseph Brant

General John Burgoyne

Colonel Archibald Campbell

Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot

Banastre Tarleton

Francis Rawdon-Hastings

Patrick Ferguson

Alexander Stewart

Friedrich Baum

The Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre was considered the largest protest in Boston. Parliament in that time messed up with the Massachusetts Legislation. Then there appeared a ship of John Hancock which was a merchant and a politician. They were seizing the boat caused riots so they have to take some risks and warnings for this to stop. They sent troops which remained in Boston because colonists were the ones who helped with all the needs of the soldiers. So one day the colonial soldiers starting throwing snowballs to the British soldiers and they killed 5 of the colonists. This was finally called the Boston Massacre because of the death of these five soldiers. In 1773, colonies made colonial unity between them and they removed all the troops they had. For revenge with the British, they started buying more Dutch Tea than the British Tea. After this, happened the famous Boston Tea Party which also led other problems to the colonists.

Boston Tea Party

This Action was taken by the colonists when the East India Company send them the tea to their port. Parliament set the law to sell directly to the colonists from the companies, so it was cheaper than the smugglers which was the Dutch tea. The colonists refused to pay these taxes. So one time the colonists were so tired, that three tea ships caused a very furious reaction in them. At night the colonists went to the port they dumped the tea to the sea. This caused that the British people got angry and started collecting money from the colonists to pay all the looses that this action had caused. So the colonists were getting tired of all these abuses the British had with them. This was the famous act called the ''Boston Tea Party''.

Sugar Act

The Sugar Act was when the Parliament declared to pay taxes on every foreign molasses of things that were being imported to the colonies. They made that the French Molasses were more expensive then the British ones so colonists decided to pay more taxes to them then to the other ones. Lord Greenville was trying to make the colonies in line of the taxes. Later on many other products were also paying the taxes like: sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric and printed calico. All these products were also producing taxes to the British so one day the colonists were too tired of just working to pay the taxes of the British that they were angry so what they did was the British to stop the Sugar Act and invent something else that people was afford to pay.

American Revolution Video

British Soldiers

Colonial People

Stamp Act

It was a new rule that the British Colonies applied in the colonies in America that said that every document, or thing that was printed had to be produced on a stamp paper which represented that people had payed taxes. Some of the objects that had to get the stamp were newspapers, magazines, documents, and other types. These taxes were needed to support the troops that were in America and to support them in the ''Seven Years War''. This tax was such a problem to the colonists that they were all against it. They made something that was against the Stamp Act called: the Sons of Liberty and at the end the British Government couldn't handle them and they had to took the Stamp Act law away.

British Governments Vrs. Colonial Governments

British Governments:

-Their constitution was not a formal government.

-They had the Mayflower Compact Royal Charters

-1/4 of the population could vote.

Colonial Governments:

-They were by the British Control.

-British exploited them with taxes and exchange of products.

-Didn't have enough power to defend themselves.

American Revolution Timeline

Timeline of the Revolutionary War

1754-1763
	The French and Indian War
1754
June 19-July 11	The Albany Congress
1763
Oct. 7	Proclamation of 1763
1764
April 5	The Sugar Act
September 1	The Currency Act
1765
March 22	The Stamp Act
March 24	The Quartering Act of 1765
May 29	Patrick Henry's "If This Be Treason" speech
May 30	The Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions
Oct. 7-25	The Stamp Act Congress
1766
March 18	The Declaratory Act
1767
June 29	The Townshend Revenue Act
1768
August 1	Boston Non-Importation Agreement
1770
March 5	The Boston Massacre
1772
June 9	The Gaspee Affair
1773
May 10	The Tea Act
Dec. 16	The Boston Tea Party
1774
March 31	Boston Port Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
May 20	Administration of Justice Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
May 20	Massachusetts Government Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
June 2	Quartering Act of 1774, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
June 22	Quebec Act, one of the "Intolerable Acts"
Sept. 5-Oct. 26	The First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia and issues Declaration and Resolves
Oct. 10	Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia (disputed as to whether it was a battle of the American Revolution or the culmination of Lord Dunmore's War)
Oct. 20	The Association (prohibition of trade with Great Britain)
Oct. 24	Galloway's Plan rejected
1775
Apr. 18	The Rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes
Apr. 19	Minutemen and redcoats clash at Lexington and Concord "The shot heard 'round the world."
May 10	Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seize Fort Ticonderoga
May 10	The Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
June 15	George Washington named Commander in Chief
June 17	Battle of Bunker Hill: The British drive the Americans from Breed's Hill
July 3	Washington assumes command of the Continental Army
Nov. 10-21	Ninety Six, SC, Patriots sieged
Nov. 13	The patriots under Montgomery occupy Montreal in Canada
Dec. 11	Virginia and NC patriots rout Loyalist troops and burn Norfolk
Dec. 22	Col. Thomson with 1,500 rangers and militia capture Loyalists at Great Canebrake, SC
Dec. 23-30	Snow Campaign, in SC, so-called because patriots are impeded by 15" of snow
Dec. 30-31	American forces under Benedict Arnold fail to seize Quebec
1776
Jan. 1	Daniel Morgan taken prisoner in attempt to take Quebec City
Jan. 15	Paine's "Common Sense" published
Feb. 27	The patriots drive the Loyalists from Moore's Creek Bridge, North Carolina
March 3	The Continental fleet captures New Providence Island in the Bahamas
March 17	The British evacuate Boston; British Navy moves to Halifax, Canada
June 8	Patriots fail to take Three Rivers, Quebec
June 12	The Virginia Declaration of Rights
June 28	Sullivan's Island, SC, failed British naval attack
June 29	The First Virginia Constitution
June 28	Patriots decisively defeat the British Navy at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina
July 1	At the instigation of British agents, the Cherokee attack along the entire southern frontier
July 1-4	Congress debates and revises the Declaration of Independence. See Chronology of the Declaration
July 4	Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence; it's sent to the printer
July 8	The Declaration of Independence is read publicly
July 15	Lyndley's Fort, SC, Patriots fend off attack by Indians and Tories dressed as Indians
Aug. 1	Ambushed by Cherokees, Patriots are saved by a mounted charge at Seneca, SC
Aug. 2	Delegates begin to sign The Declaration of Independence
Aug. 10	Tugaloo River, SC, Andrew Pickens defeats Cherokees
Aug. 12?	Andrew Pickens' detachment surrounded by 185 Cherokee Indians, forms a ring and fires outward. It is known as the "Ring Fight."
Aug. 12	Col. Williamson and Andrew Pickens defeat Cherokee Indians and burn Tamassy, an Indian town
Aug. 27	Redcoats defeat the George Washington's army in the Battle of Long Island. Washington's army escapes at night.
Sept. 15	The British occupy New York City
Sept. 16	Generals George Washington, Nathanael Greene, and Israel Putnam triumphantly hold their ground at the Battle of Harlem Heights
Sept. 19	Col. Williamson's patriots attacked by Cherokees at Coweecho River, NC
Oct. 11	Benedict Arnold defeated at the Battle of Valcour Island (Lake Champlain), but delayed British advance
Oct. 28	The Americans retreat from White Plains, New York. British casualties (~300) higher than American (~200).
Nov. 16	The Hessians capture Fort Washington, NY
Nov. 20	Lord Cornwallis captures Fort Lee from Nathanael Greene
Dec. 26	Washington crosses the Delaware and captures Trenton from Hessians
1777
Jan. 3	Washington victorious at Princeton
Jan. 6-May 28	Washington winters in Morristown, NJ
Apr. 27	Benedict Arnold's troops force a British retreat at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
May 20	Treaty of DeWitt's Corner, SC: Cherokees lose most of their land east of the mountains
June 14	Flag Resolution
July 5	St. Clair surrenders Fort Ticonderoga to the British
July 27	Lafayette arrives in Philadelphia
Aug. 6	The Redcoats, with Iroquois support, force the patriots back at Oriskany, NY, but then have to evacuate
Aug. 16	American Militia under General Stark victorious at the Battle of Bennington, VT (actually fought in Walloomsac, New York, several miles to the west)
Aug. 23	British withdraw from Fort Stanwix, NY, upon hearing of Benedict Arnold's approach
Aug. 25	British General Howe lands at Head of Elk, Maryland
Sept. 11	The British win the Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania
Sept. 16	Rain-out at the Battle of the Clouds, Pennsylvania
Sept. 19	Burgoyne checked by Americans under Gates at Freeman's Farm, NY. This is part of the "Battles of Saratoga."
Sept. 21	Paoli Massacre, PA
Sept. 26	British under Howe occupy Philadelphia
Oct. 4	Americans driven off at the Battle of Germantown
Oct. 7	Burgoyne loses second battle of Freeman's Farm, NY (at Bemis Heights). This is part of the "Battles of Saratoga."
Oct. 17	Burgoyne surrenders to American General Gates at Saratoga, NY
Oct. 22	Hessian attack on Fort Mercer, NJ repulsed
Nov. 16	British capture Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania
Dec. 5-7	Americans repulse British at Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania
Dec. 19	Washington's army retires to winter quarters at Valley Forge
1778
Feb. 6	The United States and France sign the French Alliance
March 7	British General William Howe replaced by Henry Clinton
May 20	Battle of Barren Hill, Pennsylvania
June 18	British abandon Philadelphia and return to New York
June 19	Washington's army leaves Valley Forge
June 28	The Battle of Monmouth Court House ends in a draw
July 4	George Rogers Clark captures Kaskaskia, a French village south of St. Louis
Aug. 8	French and American forces besiege Newport, RI
Dec. 29	The redcoats occupy Savannah
1779
Feb. 3	Maj. Gen. Moultrie defeats British detachment at Port Royal Island, SC
Feb. 14	Andrew Pickens and Elijah Clarke beat Loyalists at Kettle Creek, NC
Feb. 23-24	American George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (now Indiana) on the Wabash in the Western campaign
March 3	British Lt. Col. Jacques Marcus Prevost defeats Americans under Gen. John Ashe at Brier Creek, GA
May 11-13	Maj. General Augustin Prévost (brother of Jacques, see above) breaks his siege when American forces under Maj. Gen. Lincoln approaches
June 20	Stono River, SC, Maj. Gen. Lincoln inflicts extensive British casualties in indecisive battle
June 21	Spain declares war on Great Britain
July 8	Fairfield, CT, burned by British
July 11	Norwalk, CT, burned by British
July 15-16	American "Mad" Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, NY
Aug. 19	"Light Horse" Harry Lee attacks Paulus Hook, NJ
Aug. 29	Newtown, NY, after two massacres, American forces burn Indian villages
Sept. 23	John Paul Jones, aboard the Bonhomme Richard, captures British man-of-warSerapis near English coast
Sept. 28	The Tappan Massacre ("No Flint" Grey kills 30 Americans by bayonet)
Oct. 9	American attempt to recapture Savannah, GA fails
Nov.-June 23, 1780	Washington's 2nd winter at Morristown, NJ (the harshest winter of the 18th century)
1780
May 12	British capture Charleston, SC
May 29	British crush Americans at Waxhaw Creek, SC
June 20	Patriots rout Tories at Ramseur's Mill, NC
July 11	French troops arrive at Newport, RI, to aid the American cause
Aug. 6	Patriots defeat Tories at Hanging Rock, SC
Aug. 16	British rout Americans at Camden, SC
Sept. 25	Benedict Arnold's plans to cede West Point to the British discovered
Oct. 7	King's Mountain, SC: battle lasts 65 minutes. American troops led by Isaac Shelby and John Sevier defeat Maj. Patrick Ferguson and one-third of General Cornwallis's army
Oct. 14	Washington names Nathanael Greene commander of the Southern Army
1781
Jan. 1	Mutiny of unpaid Pennsylvania soldiers
Jan. 17	Patriot Morgan overwhelmingly defeats British Col. Tarleton at Cowpens, SC
Feb. 1	The Battle of Cowan's Ford, Huntersville, NC
March 2	Articles of Confederation adopted
March 15	British win costly victory at Guilford Courthouse, NC
April 25	Greene defeated at Hobkirk's Hill, SC
May 15	Corwallis clashes with Greene at Guilford Courthouse, NC
June 6	Americans recapture Augusta, GA
June 18	British hold off Americans at Ninety Six, SC
July 6	"Mad" Anthony Wayne repulsed at Green Springs Farm, VA
Sept. 8	Greene defeated at Eutaw Springs, SC
Sept. 15	French fleet drives British naval force from Chesapeake Bay
Oct. 19	Cornwallis surrounded on land and sea by Americans and French and surrenders at Yorktown, VA
1782
March 20	Lord North resigns as British prime minister
July 11	British evacuate Savannah, GA
Nov. 30	British and Americans sign preliminary Articles of Peace
Dec. 14	British leave Charleston, SC
1783
April 19	Congress ratifies preliminary peace treaty
Sept. 3	The United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris
Nov. 25	British troops leave New York City
Dec. 23	Washington resigns as Commander
1787
Sept. 17	U.S. Constitution signed
1788
June 21	U.S. Constitution adopted, when New Hampshire ratifies it