Unit 5

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress calls for abolition of slave trade
  • Second Continental Congress

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Women vote in New Jersey

    New Jersey constitution temporarily gives women the vote
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation adopted by Second Continental Congress
  • Treaty of Paris

  • Shay’s Rebellion

  • Religious freedom

    Virginia Statute for Religious freedom
  • Articles of Confederation