1492
Christopher Columbus 1st voyage
1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
1500s
English exploration and unsuccessful attempts to colonize the New World
1607
Jamestown settlement
1619
First 20 African slaves to Jamestown
1620
Pilgrims land in Plymouth
Mayflower Compact
1650s-1700s
Navigation Acts
1676
King Philip’s War
Bacon’s Rebellion (conflict with NA)
1730s-1740s
Great Awakening
1739
Stono Rebellion (slave rebellion in SC)
1754
Albany Congress
Albany Plan of Union
1754-1763
French and Indian War
1763
Treaty of Paris (F&I War)
End of Salutary Neglect
Pontiac’s Rebellion (westward movement)
Proclamation of ___ western boundary
1764
Sugar Act
1765
Quartering/Mutiny Act
Stamp Act
Stamp Act Congress
1766
Declaratory Act
1767
Townshend Acts
1770
Repeal of Townshend Acts (except tea)
Boston Massacre
1773
Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
1774
Intolerable/ Coercive Acts
Port Act
Mass. Government Act
Administration of Justice Act
Quartering Act
First Continental Congress
1775
Lexington and Concord
Bunker Hill
Second Continental Congress
Olive Branch Petition
Declared colonies in open rebellion
1776
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
Declaration of Independence
1777
Battle of Saratoga
AOC adopted by Cont. Congress
1778
French-American Alliance
1781
Battle of Yorktown
AOC ratified
1783
Treaty of Paris (Rev War)
1786
Shay’s Rebellion
Annapolis Convention
1787
Northwest Ordinance
Constitutional Convention approved Const.
1788
Constitution ratified (New Hampshire)
First Congress under Const. elected
1789
First Session of Congress
Washington sworn in
1791
Bill of Rights ratified
1794
Jay’s Treaty
Whiskey Rebellion
1795
Pinckney’s Treaty
Treaty of Greenville
1798
Alien and Sedition Acts
1798-1800
Quasi War
1800
Election of __ went to House