APUSH Timeline

By Vipra
  • Period: 1491 to

    Period 1

  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus sails to New World

    START OF PERIOD 1
  • 1498

    Vasco da Gama sails to India

  • 1500

    TURN OF CENTURY to 1500

    The events of Columbus and Vasco de Gama sailing to the New World and India.
  • 1517

    Martin Luther posts 95 Theses

  • 1521

    Spanish forces defeat Montezuma

  • 1530

    John Calvin breaks with Catholic Church

  • 1542

    Repartimiento reforms begin to replace Encomienda system

  • 1542

    Bartolome de las Casas writes A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

  • 1565

    Founding of St. Augustine by Spanish

  • Founding of Roanoke colony

  • English defeat of Spanish Armada

  • Juanillo’s Revolt in Florida

  • Pueblo Massacre in New Mexico

  • TURN OF CENTURY to 1600

    The events involving Spain and their attempts to increase their influence in the Americas

  • Founding of Jamestown Colony

    PERIOD 1 ENDED with the founding of Jamestown Colony
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    Period 2

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    "Starving Time" in Virginia

    PERIOD 2 STARTED with the Starving Time

  • First African Slaves brought to North America

  • Virginia House of Burgesses established

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    Puritan Great Migration

  • Mayflower Compact signed

  • Founding of Plymouth Colony

  • Virginia becomes a royal colony

  • New Amsterdam founded

  • Founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony

  • Roger Williams founded Providence

  • Anne Hutchinson banned from Massachusetts

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    Mercantilism emerges among colonies

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    King Philip’s War

  • Bacon’s Rebellion

  • Pueblo Revolt

  • Creation of Dominion of New England

  • End of Dominion of New England

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    Glorious Revolution

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    Salem Witch Trials

  • TURN OF CENTURY to 1700

    The Salem witch trials and the glorious revolution signify the end of the 1600s

  • Molasses Act

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    John Peter Zenger Trial

  • Stono Rebellion

  • “Sinners in the Hands of the Angry God” speech

  • Battle at Fort Necessity

  • George Washington delivers note to French

    PERIOD 2 ENDS with George Washington's note

  • Fort Duquesne abandoned during French and Indian War

    START OF PERIOD 3 with the abandonment of Fort Duquesne
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    Period 3

  • Quebec taken by English

  • Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War

  • Sugar Act

  • Stamp Act

  • Stamp Act Congress

  • Townshend Act

  • Boston Massacre

  • First Committee of Correspondence established

  • Gaspee Affair

  • Tea Act

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Coercive (Intolerable Acts)

  • Quebec Act

  • First Continental Congress

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

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    Second Continental Congress

  • Publication of Common Sense

  • Declaration of Independence signed

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    Winter at Valley Forge

  • Battle of Saratoga

  • Articles of Confederation written

  • Siege of Yorktown

  • Treaty of Paris ends American Revolution

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    Shays’ Rebellion

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    Constitutional Convention

  • Northwest Ordinance

  • Ratification of the Constitution

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    Ratification of the Bill of Rights

  • Inauguration of George Washington

  • Beginning of French Revolution

  • Bank of the United States approved

  • Bank of the United States approved

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    Whiskey Rebellion

  • Neutrality Proclamation

  • Jay’s Treaty

  • Pickney’s Treaty

  • Washington’s Farewell Address

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    XYZ Affair

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

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    Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

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    Quasi War

  • TURN OF CENTURY to the 1800s- Thomas Jefferson

    The century and PERIOD 3 ended in 1800 with the election of Thomas Jefferson.