Second Unit 4 Timeline

  • First Continental Congress calls for abolition of slave trade

  • Second Continental Congress

    In this year, King George III formally proclaims colonies to be in a rebellion.
  • Declaration of Independence

  • New Jersey constitution temporarily gives women the right to vote

  • French and Americans force Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown

  • Articles or Confederation are put into effect

  • Treaty of Paris

  • Treaty of Fort Stanwix

  • Rectification by nine states guarantees a new government under the Constitution