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1492

- New World Discovered - Beginning of the Columbian Exchange (Global Interconnectedness)

1607

- Founding of Jamestown - First Successful English Colony - Introduction of Slavery to North America - Huge Tobacco Farms

1620

- Pilgrims Arrive - Mayflower Compact: First Democratic Document in North America - Religious Colonies

1730s-1740s

- The First Great Awakening - First Widespread Unifying Movement - Religious Revival - Salvation Through Good Deeds

1754-1763

- French and Indian War - Demoralized Against the British - France kicked off of North America

1763

- Proclamation of 1763 - End of Salutary Neglect

1773

- The Boston Tea Party - First Organized Rebellion Against British

1775

- Battle of Lexington and Concord - First Official Battle of the Revolution

July 4th, 1776

- The Declaration of Independence - Defined "Inalienable Rights" that the British had denied

1777

- Battle of Saratoga - Causes France to join the Revolutionary War

1781

- Battle of Yorktown - Surrender of British General Cornwallis - "End" of the Revolutionary War

1783

- Treaty of Paris - Official Independence from British - U.S. Recognized as Sovereign

1786

- Shay's Rebellion - Emphasized the Need for a Stronger Central Government

1789

- Constitutional Convention - Founding of a New Government

1791

- Bill of Rights Created - Antifederalists Appeased - Protect the Rights of the People

1798

- Alien and Sedition Acts - Expansion and Abuse of Federal Powers

1800

- Revolution of 1800 - Jefferson Elected as President - Peaceful Transfer of Power from One Party to Another

1803

- Louisiana Purchase - Doubles the Size of the U.S.

1803

- Marbury Vs. Madison - Established the Principle of Judicial Review - Gave the Supreme Court the Right to Declare Legislative and Executive Acts Unconstitutional

1812-1815

- The War of 1812 - Stalemate Peace - The "Second War for Independence" - Established a Northern Boundary with Canada

1820

- Missouri Compromise - Missouri Admitted as a Slave State - Maine Added as a Free State - Mason Dixion Line Divides the North and South

1820s-1830s

- The Second Great Awakening - New American Religion (Mormonism) - Inspired Social Reforms that Shaped American Culture

1823

- Monroe's Doctrine - Separates America from Europe's Conflicts - Defined American Power Internationally

1830

- Indian Removal Act - Jackson Breaks Promise Towards the Natives - Major Overstep of Executive Power

1830s-1850s

- Manifest Destiny - Massive Westward Expansion

1848

- Seneca Falls Convention - Women's Rights Convention for Suffrage - 'We hold these truths to be self evident that all men and women are created equal" - Societal Changes

1848

- Gold Rush Begins - Single largest westward expansion -Allows California to have enough population to become a state

1832

- Nat Turner's Rebellion - Major violent slave uprising

1836

-Battle of the Alamo -America support of Texas Annexation, despite it being a failure

1848

-Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -Ended Mexican-American War -Mexican cession

1850

-Compromise of 1850 -Fugitive Slave Act -Blew up North and South tensions

1854

-Bleeding Kansas -Precursor to Civil War -First violence between the North and South

1857

-Scott V. Sandford -First time government takes a stance on slavery

1861-1865

Civil War

Bloodiest American war
Broken and Reunified
Emancipation Proclamation

1862

Battle of Antietam

Allows the Emancipation Proclamation to be released
Made it an abolitionist war

1863

Battle of Gettysburg

Turning point in the Civil War
South is now on the defensive
Turning point of sectionalism to nationalism

April 15, 1865

Lincoln’s Assassination

1st presidential assassination
Johnson becomes president

1865

13th Amendment

Abolishes slavery - except as punishment for a crime

1868

14th Amendment

Defines citizenship and protects citizens’ civil rights

1870

15th Amendment

Universal male suffrage

1877

Compromise of 1877

Ends Reconstruction

1886

Haymarket Square Riot

Major workers’ rights riot
Led to violence and was considered a setback for the organized labor movement

1887

Dawes Act

Authorized president to break of reservation land
Further destroyed Native Americans’ way of life

1890

Sherman Antitrust Act

Banned businesses from colluding or merging to form monopolies
Some of the first legislation passed to limit big business

1890

Massacre at Wounded Knee

Lakota men, women, and children slaughtered
Marked the end of Native resistance to the encroachment of white settlers

1894

Pullman Strike

Resistance against big business
Ended by the federal government because it interfered with mail delivery

1896

Plessy V. Ferguson

Upheld “separate but equal” ideology between whites and people of color

1898

Spanish-American War

America asserts itself as an imperialist world power
Annexation of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines

1906

Meat Inspection Act/Pure Food & Drug Act

Made food more reliably safe
Progressive movement (for the people, not the businesses)

1909

NAACP Founded (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

Actively worked to end segregation and Jim Crow laws
Gave a voice to colored people

1917

United States Enters World War I

U.S becomes the global power by the end of the war
Rise in innovation and technology

1919

18th Amendment (Prohibition)

Success of progressive movement
Women had influence over the government

Summer of 1919

Red Summer

Steep rise in racial violence and tensions
Whites push back against Black rights

1919-1920

First Red Scare

Fear of socialism, anarchy, foreign immigration, etc.