British send troops to Boston

Dolley Payne born in Guilford County, NC

James Madison goes to Princeton (College of New Jersey)

Boston Massacre

James Madison receives his BA

Paynes return to Virginia

British impose Tea Act

Boston Tea Party

Coercive Act

First Continental Congress

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Declaration of Independence

James Madison becomes Orange County delegate to Virginia Convention

James Madison serves the Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress until 1783

Articles of Confederation

Treaty of Paris

John Payne manumits his slaves and moves his family to Philadelphia

Northwest Ordinance

Shays Rebellion

James Madison attends Annapolis Convention

Annapolis Convention

Constitutional Convention

James Madison attends Constitutional Convention, presents Virginia Plan

Federalist Papers written by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay

James Madison writes 29 essays for the Federalist Papers

James Madison serves in Virginia Constitutional Convention

First Session of United States Congress meets

James Madison elected to the United States House of Representatives, to which he is then re-elected until he retires in 1797

George Washington elected president

John Payne's business collapses

Dolley Payne marries John Todd

Payne Todd born

Bill of Rights adopted

Dolley Payne Todd's father dies

William Temple Todd born

George Washington re-elected president

Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia kills John Todd, William Temple Todd

Dolley Payne Todd meets and marries James Madison

Jays Treaty

George Washington's Farewell Address

John Adams inaugurated president, Thomas Jefferson becomes vice president

James Madison retires from Congress and the family moves to Montpelier

Quasi-War

James Madison writes the Virginia Resolutions

Alien and Sedition Acts

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions