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1492
Columbian Exchange Begins
The distribution of cattle, agriculture, diseases, and technology to the new world. -
1492
European Exploration Era
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1500
Spanish Encomienda System Begins
A Spanish labor system -
1500
Spanish Casta System Begins
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1520
Small Pox Begins Spreading to Native Americans
Was brought by Christopher Columbus and others from the Old World. -
1521
Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortez Conquers the Aztec Empire
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1534
England Splits from the Catholic Church
King was made Supreme Head of the church -
London Company Gains Charter for Set Up English Colony
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Jamestown, Virginia Colony Founded
First permanent English settlement -
Christopher Columbus “Founds” New World
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French found Quebec on the St. Lawrence River and Engage in the Fur Trade
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Tobacco introduced to Virginia Colony by John Rolfe
Tobacco was introduced as a commercial crop to Virginia colonists by John Rolfe himself -
First African Slaves Arrive in Jamestown, Virginia Colony
Set slaves in North America wither bought or kidnapped -
Virginia House of Burgesses
First elected general assembly for the colonies -
Plymouth, Massachusetts Colony Founded
Site of the first pilgrim settlement -
Mayflower Compact
Agreement between the settlers of Plymouth -
New Hampshire Founded
U.S. state in New England -
Dutch New Amsterdam Becomes Capital of New Netherland
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“City Upon a Hill” John Winthrop
A phrase based on the story of salt and light -
The Great Migration to Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Maryland Founded
Long history as a major seaport -
Thomas Hooker Founds Connecticut
Founded after the withhold with Puritan leaders -
Roger Williams Founds Rhode Island
Became a haven for religious minorities -
Harvard College Founded in Massachusetts
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Delaware Founded
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Adopted by the Connecticut Colony Council -
Maryland Toleration Act
Act was meant to ensure the freedom of Christian settlers -
North Carolina Founded
Founded by Virginia colonists -
Iroquois Confederacy Formed
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Navigation Acts and Mercantilism
Series of laws -
South Carolina Founded
A historical city -
New York Founded
Major financial, commercial, and cultural center -
New Jersey Founded
Name comes from the Isle of Jersey -
King Philips War
An armed conflict -
Bacon’s Rebellion
Armed rebellion by Virginia Settlers -
Pueblo Revolt
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Quaker William Penn Founds Pennsylvania
British North American colony that became the U.S. state of Penn. -
English Bill of Rights
Created a Constitutional Monarchy -
John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government Published
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Salem Witch Trials
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The Great Awakening
A religious revival -
Georgia Founded as a Debtors Colony
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Stono Rebellion
A slave rebellion -
Colonial Era
First colony was founded during that time -
French and Indian War Begins
North American Conflict -
TIMESPAN: The Industrial Revolution
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Salutary Neglect Policy
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French and Indian War Ends
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Proclamation Line of 1763
British produced boundary -
Sugar Act
Revenue Raising Act -
Stamp Act
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Quartering Act
Required the colonies to house British soldiers -
Townshend Acts
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Boston Massacre
A confrontation between soldiers and colonists -
Tea Act
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Boston Tea Party
Political and mercantile protest -
Intolerable Acts
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First Continental Congress
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Published
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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Second Continental Congress
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Continental Army Lead by General George Washington
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Declaration of Independence
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Benjamin Franklin Becomes French Ambassador
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Adam Smith Publishes “The Wealth of Nations”
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Winter at Valley Forge
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Battle of Saratoga
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Articles of Confederation
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Period: to
Abolition Movement
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Period: to
Abolition Movement
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Revolutionary Era
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Battle of Yorktown
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Republican Motherhood
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Treaty of Paris of 1783
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Shays’ Rebellion
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Federalist Papers
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Constitutional Convention/ Philadelphia Convention
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U.S. Constitution
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The Great Compromise
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The 3/5ths Compromise
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Bill of Rights Added to U.S. Constitution
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The French Revolution Begins
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Washington Creates Presidential Cabinet
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Washington Elected 1st President
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Washington D.C. Becomes New US Capital
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Period: to
The Second Great Awakening
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Alexander Hamilton Gets Congress to Approve National Bank
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Cotton Gin and Interchangeable Parts Invented by Eli Whitney
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Washington’s Farewell Address
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First Two-Party System Created (Dem-Rep vs Federalist)
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XYZ Affair
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John Adams (Federalist) Elected 2nd President
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
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Election of 1800 and the Start of the Jeffersonian Era
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Cult of Domesticity Begins
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The Market Revolution Begins
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Period: to
Manifest Destiny
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Thomas Jefferson (Democratic Republican) Elected 3rd President
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Steam Locomotive Invented in Great Britain
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Louisiana Purchase
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Marbury v. Madison
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James Madison (Democratic Republican) Elected 4th President
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British Impressment of US Sailors
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War of 1812 Begins
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War Hawks in Congress Support War Against British
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Francis Scott Key Writes the Star Spangled Banner
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Treaty of Ghent
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Enlightenment Era
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TIMESPAN: Era of Good Feelings
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Federalist Party Collapses
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Tariff of 1816
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James Monroe (Democratic Republican) Elected 5th President
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Adam- Onis Treaty/ Spain Ceded Florida to U.S.
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Compromise of 1820
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Universal Male Suffrage Begins to Rise
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Monroe Doctrine
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Henry Clay’s “American System”
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Erie Canal Built
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John Quincy Adams (Democratic Republican) Elected 6th President
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Lowell, Massachusetts Textile Mill Employs Women
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Andrew Jackson (Democrat) Elected 7th President
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Second Two-Party System Created (Democrats vs Whigs)
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Indian Removal Act
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Abolition Movement Begins
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Congress Passes Preemption Acts
Preemption Act, statute passed by the U.S. Congress in response to the demands of the Western states -
Trail of Tears Begins
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William Lloyd Garrison Publishes Abolitionist Newspaper “The Liberator”
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Andrew Jackson Vetos National Bank
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Nullification Crisis
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Texas Revolution and Independence from Mexico
A rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos -
Horace Mann Advocates for Public Schools
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Increased Irish and German Immigration to the North
Over seven million immigrants went to the United States -
Federal Support Given to Samuel Morse to Construct Telegraph Lines
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Dorothea Dix Advocates for Mentally Ill and Prison Reform
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James K. Polk Elected US President (Democrat)
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Irish Potato Famine Begins
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Frederick Douglass writes autobiography “Narrative of the Life of an American Slave”
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Texas Annexation by the United States
Texas was admitted into the United States -
Frederick Douglass Publishes Autobiography “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave”
memoir and treatise on abolition -
Oregon Territory Divided Between British and U.S.
Oregon was divided between the UK and the US in 1846. -
Mexican American War Begins
Mexican cavalry attacked a group of U.S. soldiers -
Wilmot Proviso
introduced an amendment to prohibit slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico -
Seneca Falls Convention
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Free Soil Movement Begins
short-lived coalition political party in the United States -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Mexican American War Ends
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, that brought an official end to the Mexican-American War -
Mexican Cession
Included land that makes up the states of California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Texas, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. -
California Gold Rush
Gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California -
Triangular Trade
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Middle Passage
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Harriet Tubman Begins Using Underground Railroad
encountered the Underground Railroad when she used it to escape slavery -
Compromise of 1850
consists of five laws -
Fugitive Slave Law Passed in Compromise of 1850
act required that slaves be returned to their owners -
Harriet Beecher Stowe Publishes “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe -
Gadsden Purchase
an agreement between the United States and Mexico -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise -
Bleeding Kansas Begins
violence during the settling of the Kansas territory -
Republican Party Created
one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States -
Caning of Senator Sumner
pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner -
Dred Scott v. Sandford
a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court -
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry, Virginia
left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers Ferry -
Republican Abraham Lincoln Wins Presidential Election of 1860
only the second time the party had a candidate in the presidential race -
Seven Southern States Secede from the Union, Forming the Confederate States of America
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Democrat Jefferson Davis Elected President of the Confederacy
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Battle of Fort Sumter
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Lincoln Suspends Habeas Corpus
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Period: to
The Civil War
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Homestead Act
certain people could claim 160 acres of gov't land -
Emancipation Proclamation
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Battle of Vicksburg
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Gettysburg Address
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Radical Republicans Champion for Black Civil Rights in Congress
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President Abraham Lincoln Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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President Andrew Johnson Becomes President
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Johnson Pardons the South
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13th Amendment
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Freedmens Bureau Created
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Sharecropping Begins in the South
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Black Codes First Passed in the South
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Ku Klux Klan Formed
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“Scalawags and Carpetbaggers”
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Gen. Lee Surrenders to Gen. Grant at Appomattox Court House
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Period: to
Reconstruction Era
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14th Amendment
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Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
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Transcontinental Railroad Completed
further settlement -
15th Amendment
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Hiram Rhode Revels Becomes First African American in Congress (Senate)
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Industrialization Begins to Boom
Ideas and movement that caused a wave of globalization -
Social Darwinism Theory Gains Popularity
survival of the fittest -
Nativism Spreads
spread of native inhabitants -
Standard Oil Company Founded by John D. Rockefeller
controlled U.S. refineries and pipelines -
Boss Tweed rise at Tammany Hall
helped immigrants rise -
Telephone Invented by Alexander Graham Bell
success gained through experiments and assisting the deaf -
Reconstruction Ends
marked a significant chapter -
Light Bulb Invented by Thomas Edison
first electric lightbulb -
3rd Wave of Immigration: “New Immigrants”
new immigrants from all part of the work -
Chinese Exclusion Act
U.S. federal law -
Dawes Act
regulated land rights on tribal territories -
Andrew Carnegie’s Book “Gospel of Wealth”
article written by Andrew Carnegie -
Carnegie Steel Company Founded by Andrew Carnegie
steel empire
