1775 to 1790s Outline

1750
1754-1763 French & Indian War (Salutary Neglect Ends-enforcement of
Navigation Acts)
1763-1775 Events leading to break with England
1763 Pontiac’s Rebellion & Proclamation of 1763
1765 Stamp Act (boycott, Sons of Liberty)
1767 Townshend Acts
1770 Boston Massacre
1770-73 Committees of Correspondence (Sam Adams)
1773 Boston Tea Party
1774 Intolerable Acts (Port Act, Quebec Act)
1775 First Continental Congress, Lexington & Concord)

1775
1776 Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment, Locke, Paine)
1777-1781 Articles of Confederation (Successes & Failures)
1783 Treaty of Paris
1789 Ratification of Constitution (Federalist Papers, Bill of
Rights)

1790
1790s
Washington (Proclamation of Neutrality, Hamilton’s Economic System, Jay & Pinckney Treaty, Whiskey Rebellion)
Adams (XYZ Affair, Alien & Sedition Acts, KY & VA Resolutions)