1st semester timeline
Updated 23 Nov 2018
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Created byDaniel Woodworth
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Jamestown, Virginia FoundedFirst Africans Arrive in VirginiaVirginia House of Burgesses FormedPilgrims Found Plymouth, MassachusettsPuritan Migration to MassachusettsCalverts Found MarylandAnne Hutchinson convicted of hersyFundamental Orders of ConnecticutFirst Navigation Act (Mercantilism)English Conquer New Netherlands (New York)Bacon's Rebellion (Virginia)Pennsylvania SettledMassachusetts Becomes a Royal ColonySalem Witch HuntsEngland, Wales & Scotland Unite into the United Kingdom (Great Britain)Georgia FoundedJohn Peter Zenger TrialAlbany CongressGeorge III Ascends to the ThroneProclaimationStamp Act & ProtestBoston MassacreTea Act & Boston Tea PartyIntollerable Act; First Continental CongressBattles of Lexington & Concord;
Washington Appointed Commander in ChiefPaine's "Common Sense"Battle of Saratoga; Articles of Confederation (Congress Ratifies)French AllianceArticles of Confederation RatifiedTreaty of ParisDeclaration of Independence;
States Adopt New ConstitutionsNewburgh ConspiracyNew Ordinance of 1784Land Ordinance of 1785Jay Gardoqui Treaty Rejected;
Virginia Religious Freedom Act;
Shay's Rebellion; Indian Ordinance of 1786;
Annapolis ConventionConstitutional Convention
Northwest Ordinance,
"The Federalist Papers"Constitution Ratified by All States except Rhode Island and North CarolinaNew Government FormsWashington Elected;
New Government;
Congress Meets;
French Revolution Begins;Hamilton Issues "Report on Public Credit"First Bank of United States (bus) EstablishedWashington Begins Second Term;
Proclaimation of Neutrality;
Cotton Gin PattentedWhiskey Rebellion;
Battle of Fallen TimbersJay's Treaty;
Pinckney's TreatyWashington's Farewell Address;
John Adam's Elected PresidentX,Y,Z, Affair;
Quasi War with France;
Alien & Sedition Acts;
Virginia & Kentucky ResolutionsWashington D.C. Becomes Nation's CapitalCongress Narrowly Selects Jefferson President;
Adams Appoints John Marshall and "Midnight Judges"Congress Recalls Most "Midnight Judges"Marbury vs. Madison;
Louisiana Purchase;
Lewis & Clark ExpeditionAaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton:
Jefferson Re-electedBritish Seize American ShipsEmbargo Act;
Burr Aquitted for TreasonAfrican Slave Trade Ends;
James Madison Elected PresidentCongress Boycotts British & French Trade"Fletcher vs. Peck"Battle of Tippecanoe;
Bus Charter Expires;
First Steamboat on Ohio & Mississippi RiversThe United States & Britain Engage in the War of 1812;
Madison Re-ElectedBattles of Lake Erie & ThamesBritish Burn Washington, D.C.;
Battle of Lake Champlain/Plattsburgh;
Hartford Convention;Battle of New OrleansTreaty of Ghent Ends the War of 1812James Monroe Elected PresidentAndrew Jackson Seizes Florida From Spain & the SeminolesAdams-Onis Treaty;
McCulloch vs. MarylandMonroe Doctrine;
American Fur Company Establishes Fort Union on Missouri RiverJohn Quincy Adams Defeats Jackson in Controversial ElectionWilliam Lloyd Garrison Publishes the First Issues of "The Liberator"Tariff of Abominations;
Jackson Defeats AdamsNullification Crises;
"Worchester vs. Georgia"Texas Independence;
Martin Van Buren Elected PresidentPanic of 1837Alamo Overrun By Santa Anna's Forces;
Battle of San Jacinto Makes Texas an Independent RepublicWilliam Henry Harrison Elected President;
Harrison Dies;
John Tyler Assumes Presidency;
Amistad Decision: Supreme Court Frees African Slave MutineersJames K. Polk Pledges to Annex Both Texas and Oregon Territories;
Polk Elected PresidentTexas AnnexationTreaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Ends Mexican War;
Annexation of Oregon Territory & Southwest (California, New Mexico, Nevada & Utah);
Zachary Taylor Elected PresidentGold Discovered in CaliforniaCompromise of 1850;
California Admitted as a Free State;
Fugitive Slave Law Passed;
Taylor Dies in Office;
Millard Fillmore Becomes PresidentHarriet Beecher Stowe Publishes "Uncle Tom's Cabin";
Franklin Pierce Elected PresidentGadsden PurchaseKansas - Nebraska Act;
Formation of Anti-Nebraska Party (Later Called Republican Party)James Buchanan Elected President;
John C. Freemont, Republican, Comes within Three States of Carrying Election with only Northern VotesPanic of 1857;
Dred Scott DecisionSenatorial Election in Illinois Pitts Stephen Douglas against Abraham Lincoln;
Lincoln-Douglas Debates;
Douglas Issues Freeport DoctrineJohn Brown's Raid of Harper's Ferry, VirginiaAbraham Lincoln, Republican, Elected President without a Single Southern Vote;
South Carolina SecedesLower South Secedes & Founds The Confederacy;
Lincoln & Davis Inaugurated;
Fort Sumter Surrenders to the Confederacy;
Upper South Secedes From the Union;
Battle of Bull RunBattle of Shiloh & Antietam;
Preliminary Emancipation ProclamationEmancipation Proclamation;
Battles of Vicksburg and GettysburgFall of Atlanta & Sherman's March to the Sea;
Lincoln Re-ElectedLee Surrenders to Grant at Appomattox;
Lincoln Assassinated;
Johnson Assumes PresidencyPeriods
CH.1 - City On the Hillch. 2 - Colonial AdolescenceCH 3. - Colonies No MoreCH. 4 - A Nation of LawCH. 5 - Small Republic, Big ShouldersCH. 6 - The First Era of Big Central GovernmentCH. 7 - Red Foxes adn Bear FlagsCH. 8 - The House DividedCH. 9 - The Crises of the UnionPequot Indian War (Massachusetts)English Civil WarKing Phillip's (Metacomet's) War (Massachusetts)English Glorious Revolution & Bill of RightsColumbus' Four VoyagesCortez Conquors New MexicoRoanoke Island (Carolinas) Colony FallsQueen Anne's WarGeorge I's ReignsGeorge II's ReignFirst Great AwakeningKing George's WarFrench & Indian WarMissouri CompromisesMexican American War
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