Timeline 1492-1818

By qander0722
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Columbus sets sail on his first voyage with his 3 ships Santa maria, Pinta and Niña from Palos de la Frontera, Spain for the "Indies"

  • Jamestown, VA

    English found Jamestown, Virginia

  • House of Burgesses

    VA; designed to attract colonists and keep order; only property owners could vote.

  • Mayflower Compact

    Puritans believed ppl. formed gov't; male church members could vote; est. General Court

  • English Bill of Rights

    monarch can't suspend Parliament, collect taxes w/o permission; protected freedom of speech

  • The Great Awakening

    Religious revival movement

  • French and Indian War

    called Seven Years War in Europe

  • 1st Continental Congress

    vowed forceif Britain attacked; agreed to reconvene May 1775

  • Lexington & Concord

    British trying to take our ammunition; 1st battle of Revolution.

  • 2nd Continental Congress

    organized continental army and named G. Washington commander

  • Common Sense - Thomas Paine

  • The Declaration of Independence

    written primarily by Thomas Jefferson; explains why we seek independence; trying to sway Loyalists and neutral colonists

  • Battle of Yorktown

    in VA; end of war; inspired revolutions worldwide

  • Shays' Rebellion

    1,200 farmers protested foreclosures; tried to keep courts closed to keep farmers; militia called out

  • Marbury vs. Madison

    Supreme Court said it couldn't force the delivery; est, judicial review; strengthened federal judiciary

  • Battle of New Orleans

    after the war ended; made a hero of Andrew Jackson

  • Convention of 1818

    set Canada/US border @ 49th Parallel and set up joint occupation of Oregon Territory