APUSH Review By LauraW312 Period: 1491 to 1607 Period 1 1492 Christopher Columbus sails to the New World, beginning the era of European colonization of the Americas 1498 Vasco de Gama (Portugal) sails to India 1517 Martin Luther challenged Roman Catholic beliefs and practices; initiates Protestant Reformation 1521 Spanish Forces, led by Hernan Cortes, defeats the Aztec people 1532 Spanish forces, led by Francisco Pizarro, defeat the Inca people 1542 Bartolome de Las Casas writes A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies 1549 The repartimiento reforms begin to replace the encomienda system 1587 Founding of the"lost" English colony of Roanoke 1588 English defeat of the Spanish Armada 1588 England defeats the Spanish Armada 1597 Juanillo's Revolt in Florida 1598 Acoma Pueblo Massacre in New Mexico 1607 Jamestown colony founded Period: 1607 to 1754 Period 2 1609 Henry Hudson explores area that will become New York Period: 1609 to 1610 "Starving time" in Virginia 1619 House of Burgesses established 1620 Founding of the Plymouth Colony 1620 Mayflower Compact signed 1622 Attack on Jamestown by local Algonquin Indians 1624 New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch 1630 Founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Period: 1630 to 1640 "Great Migration" of Puritans from England to Massachusetts 1636 Founding of Rhode Island Colony 1638 Anne Hutchinson banned from Massachusetts 1639 The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut adopted 1649 Act of Religious Toleration passed in Maryland 1662 The Half Way Covenant 1663 Founding of Carolina Colony 1675 King Philip's War 1676 Bacon's Rebellion 1679 New Hampshire Colony separated from Massachusetts 1680 Pueblo Revolt (Pope's rebellion) 1681 Founding of the Pennsylvania Colony 1686 Creation of the Dominion of New England 1688 The Glorious Revolution 1689 Colonists bring down the Dominion of New England 1692 Salem Witch Trials 1711 Founding of North Carolina Colony 1733 Molasses Act 1735 Zenger Trial 1739 Stono Rebellion 1741 Jonathan Edwards's Sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" 1741 Arrests and executions in the supposed "Negro Plot" in NYC 1754 Beginning of French and Indian War Period: 1754 to 1800 Period 3 1763 Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War 1763 Proclamation Act 1764 March of the Paxton Boys 1764 First Committee of Correspondence established in Boston 1764 Sugar act 1765 Stamp Act Congress 1765 Stamp Act 1766 Declaratory Act 1767 Townshend Revenue Acts 1770 Boston Massacre 1772 Gaspee affair 1773 Tea Act and Boston Tea Party 1774 First Continental Congress 1774 Coercive (Intolerable) Acts 1775 Second Continental Congress 1775 Fighting at Lexington and Concord 1776 Declaration of Independence 1776 Publication of Common Sense by Thomas Paine 1777 Articles of Confederation written 1778 France enters the war on the side of the American revolutionaries 1778 Battle of Saratoga 1781 Articles of Confederation ratified by the States 1783 Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolution 1784 First Land Ordinance 1784 Treaty of Fort Stanwix 1785 Second Land Ordinance 1786 Annapolis meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation 1786 Shay's Rebellion 1787 Northwest Ordinance 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia 1788 Ratification of the Constitution 1788 First federal elections 1788 Publication of The Federalist 1789 Beginning of French Revolution 1789 Inauguration of George Washington 1789 Judiciary Act 1791 Ratification fo the Bill of Rights 1791 The Bank of the United States is approved 1791 Alexander Hamilton issues "Report on Manufacturers" 1793 War between Great Britain and France 1793 Washington's Neutrality Proclamation 1794 Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Jay's Treaty 1795 Pinckney's Treaty 1796 Washington's Farewell Address 1796 Election of John Adams 1798 Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts 1798 Quasi-war with France 1798 XYZ Affair 1800 Election of Thomas Jefferson 1800 Election of Thomas Jefferson 1800 Election of thomas jefferson Period: 1800 to 1848 Period 4 1803 Marbury v. Madison 1803 Louisiana Purchase 1804 Reelection of Jefferson 1807 Chesapeake-Leopard Affair 1807 Embargo Act 1808 Election of James Madison 1810 Fletcher v. Peck 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe 1812 Reelection of Madison 1812 Beginning of War of 1812 1814 The burning of Washington, D.C., by British forces 1814 Hartford Convention 1814 Treaty of Ghent 1815 Battle of New Orleans 1816 Election of James Monroe 1816 Chartering of the Second Bank of the United States 1817 Consrtuction of Erie Cnal vegins 1819 Panic of 1819 1819 Dartmouth College v. Woodward 1820 Missouri Compromise 1820 Reelection of Monroe 1821 Opening of the Lowell factories 1821 Cohens v. Virginia 1822 Stephen Austin establishes first American settlement in Texas 1824 Gibbons v. Ogden Period: 1844 to 1877 Period 5 Period: 1865 to 1898 Period 6 Period: 1890 to 1945 Period 7 Period: 1945 to 1980 Period 8 Period: 1980 to 2023 Period 9
