1781 A painting of Yorktown http://www.galenfrysinger.com/yorktown_virginia.htm

1781 The Battle of Guilford Courthouse http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/skarlet/guilford.html

1781 Lafayette in Virginia http://www.vahistorical.org/sva2003/lafayette.htm

1781 Gen. Anthony Wayne http://aam.waynesburg.edu/images/image2.html

1781 Washington and his Generals, Lafayette on his right, Compte de Rochambeau on his left http://faculty.evansville.edu/rl29/art105/f02/art105-8.html

1781 The French bring the seige guns to Yorktown http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/yrkcam-z.htm

1781 Restored French Battery at Yorktown http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/glimpses3/glimpses2g.htm

1781 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1932714057?v=glance

1781 Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Jay and Henry Laurens negotiated with the British http://images.google.com/url?q=http://www.nps.gov/inde/Franklin_Court/Pages/ampar.html

1781 Cornwallis arrives at Yorktown http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_yorktown.html#cornwallis

1781 De Grasse with the French Fleet blockades the Chesapeake http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/revwar-77.htm

1781 The Blockade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/984708/posts

1781 Seige cannon carried from Rhode Island by the French Fleet http://www.mgcpa.com/bicycle/jmbikeusa/virginia/williamsburg.html

1781 The Battle of the Capes, The French defeat the British Fleet at the blockade http://www.wadsworth.com/history_d/special_features/image_bank_US/1769_1804.html

1781 American troops http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-yorktown.htm

1781 French troops advancing at Yorktown http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-yorktown.htm

1781 Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.britishbattles.com/images/yorktown/british-surrender.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-yorktown.htm&h=353&w=600&sz=53&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=R7EkYAD81Me06M:&tbnh=79&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsurrender%2Byorktown%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

1781 Yorktown http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-yorktown.htm

1781 Cornwallis surrenders http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/revolution-images/

1782 Gen. Sir Guy Carleton becomes the British Commander http://threerivershms.com/Carleton.htm

1782 A preliminary peace treaty is signed in Paris http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistoryjanuary.htm

1783 England ends hostilities in America and with France and Spain http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/games/obverse.html

1783 George Washington's resignation as commander in chief at the State House in Annapolis http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc1500/sc1545/e_catalog_2002/white.html

1783 Slavery was abolished in Massachusetts http://www.masshist.org/longroad/01slavery/walker.htm

1783 The Treaty is signed http://www.stphilipneri.org/teacher/pontchartrain/section.php?id=179

1784 The Treaty is ratified http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/revolut/jb_revolut_treaty_1_e.html

1784 The Empress of China sailing from New York http://gordonmiller.ca/02_age_of_discovery/Empress-of-China-1784.htm

1785 Ambassador to Britain John Adams http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/revwar-75.htm

Russian forts in Alaska http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfak/mfakfur.html

1786 Virginia passed Jefferson's Ordinance of Religious Freedom http://members.dslextreme.com/users/madpicciotto/Virginia%20Act.htm

1787 The Constitutional Convention began at Independence Hall in Philadelphia http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/constitution/1875comp-big.html

1787 George Washington is elected President of the Constitutional Convention http://www.constitution.org/cs_image.htm

1787 A proposed constitution is made public. It includes bi-cameral legislators, a supreme court, and an executive branch. http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-workshop/

July 4, 1776 Delaware Statehood, ratified December 7, 1787 http://www.state.de.us/gic/facts/history/delfact.htm

July 4, 1776 Pennsylvania Statehood, ratified December 12, 1787 http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/VC/visitor_info/hello_pennsylvania/symbols.htm

July 4, 1776 New Jersey Statehood, ratified December 18, 1787 http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0859954.html

July 4, 1776 Georgia Statehood, ratified January 2, 1788 http://www.answers.com/topic/georgia-state-united-states

July 4, 1776 Connecticut Statehood, ratified January 8, 1788 http://www.answers.com/topic/connecticut

July 4, 1776 Massachusetts Statehood, ratified February 7, 1788 http://www.answers.com/topic/massachusetts

July 4, 1776 Maryland Statehood, ratified April 28, 1788 http://www.answers.com/topic/maryland

July 4, 1776 South Carolina Statehood, ratified May 23, 1788 http://www.answers.com/topic/south_carolina

July 4, 1776 New Hampshire Statehood, ratified June 21, 1788 http://www.answers.com/new%20hampshire

1788 The Constitution was adopted when ratified by two-thirds of the 13 states. http://research.umbc.edu/~nmiller/POLI100/POLI100.htm

April 1, 1789 George Washington is elected President of the United States and John Adams elected Vice President http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/057_pra7.html