1492-1830 By kwhite10 Dec 10, 1492 Columbus lands in Bahamas Period: Dec 10, 1492 to Dec 10, 1830 Colonial and Early Nationalism Dec 10, 1503 Davinci paints Mona Lisa Dec 10, 1508 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel Dec 10, 1519 Chocolate is introduced to Europe Dec 10, 1520 Magellan sails around the world Dec 10, 1558 Elizabeth I becomes queen Dec 10, 1580 Montaigne's Essays published Dec 10, 1595 Shakespeare completes A Midsummer Night's Dream Dec 10, 1605 Don Quixote published in Spain Dec 10, 1607 First English settlement in Jamestown Dec 10, 1620 Pilgrims land at Plymouth Dec 10, 1636 Harvard College founded Dec 10, 1639 First printing press in America Dec 10, 1640 Bay Psalm Book becomes first book printed in colonies Dec 10, 1642 England civil war starts Dec 10, 1650 Anne Bradstreet's The Tenth Muse Dec 10, 1667 Paradise Lost published Dec 10, 1692 Salem Witch Trials Dec 10, 1719 Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe Dec 10, 1726 Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels Dec 10, 1735 Peter Zenger trial Dec 10, 1741 Great Awakening Dec 10, 1741 Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God Jan 1, 1775 Deism Jan 1, 1776 Republicanism Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Sep 19, 1777 Battle of Saratoga Jan 1, 1778 Interchangeable Parts Jan 1, 1778 Treaty of Alliance of 1778 Jan 1, 1780 Critical Period Jan 1, 1781 Articles of Confederation Jan 1, 1783 Treaty of Paris Jan 1, 1784 Yeoman farmers Jan 1, 1785 Land Ordinance Jan 1, 1786 Shays Rebellion Sep 11, 1786 The Annapolis Convention Jan 1, 1787 The Great Compromise Jan 1, 1787 Three-fifths Compromise May 29, 1787 The Virginia Plan Jul 13, 1787 Northwest Ordinance Oct 27, 1787 Federalist Papers Jan 1, 1790 Republican Motherhood Jan 1, 1790 Loose Constructionists Jan 1, 1790 Full Funding/Assumption Jan 1, 1791 BUS Aug 21, 1791 Haitian Rebellion Dec 15, 1791 Bill of Rights Jan 1, 1792 Federalist/Firat American Party System Jan 1, 1792 Benjamin Bannecker Jan 1, 1793 Samuel Slater Apr 1, 1793 Cotton Gin Dec 3, 1793 Citizen Genet Jul 1, 1794 Whiskey Rebellion Nov 19, 1794 Jay's Treaty Dec 3, 1795 Pickney Treaty Jan 1, 1796 Washington's Farewell Address Dec 3, 1797 Abigail Adams Jan 1, 1798 XYZ Affair Dec 3, 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts Dec 24, 1798 Virginia-Kentucky Resolutions Jan 1, 1800 Quasi-War Jan 1, 1800 Revolution of 1800 Aug 30, 1800 Gabriel Prosser's Rebellion Dec 3, 1800 Union Membership Jan 1, 1801 Barbary Pirates Jan 1, 1803 Marbury vs Madison Feb 24, 1803 Judicial Review May 2, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Jan 1, 1804 Lewis and Clark Jan 7, 1807 Orders in Council Dec 22, 1807 Embargo Act of 1807 Jan 1, 1810 War Hawks Jan 1, 1812 Impressment Dec 3, 1812 American System Oct 1, 1813 Tecumseh Jan 1, 1814 Lowell/Waltham System Dec 15, 1814 Hartford Convention Dec 24, 1814 Treaty of Ghent Jan 1, 1816 American Colonization Society Dec 3, 1816 Era of Good Feelings Jul 4, 1817 Erie Canal Jan 1, 1819 Adams-Onis Treaty Jan 1, 1820 Henry Clay Mar 3, 1820 Missouri Compromise Dec 1, 1823 Monroe Doctrine Jan 1, 1824 Corrupt Bargain Jan 1, 1824 Gibbons vs Ogden Dec 3, 1824 National Republicans Dec 10, 1856 Roanoke Island disappears