time+line

Constitution adopted ||
 * 1492 || Columbus sails to America ||
 * 1497 || John Cabot establishes first English claim in North America ||
 * 1517 || Protestant Reformation begins in Europe ||
 * 1519 || Magellan begins expedition around the globe ||
 * 1565 || St. Augustine founded in Florida ||
 * 1587 || Lost colony of Roanoke ||
 * 1607 || Jamestown is founded ||
 * 1608 || French establish Quebec ||
 * 1612 || * Tobacco industry established in Virginia
 * Virginia House of Burgesses meet for first time ||
 * 1624 || Dutch establish settlements in modern-day New York ||
 * 1629 || Maine and New Hampshire are established ||
 * 1630 || Puritans established Massachusetts Bay Colony at Boston ||
 * 1635 || Hartford settled in Connecticut ||
 * 1636 || * Roger Williams founds Rhode Island
 * Harvard College founded ||
 * 1637 || Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass. Bay Colony ||
 * 1642-1649 || English Civil War ||
 * 1660 || 1st Navigation Act passed ||
 * 1662 || Halfway Covenant established in New England ||
 * 1663 || * Carolina colony chartered
 * 2nd Navigation Act passed ||
 * 1664 || New Jersey chartered ||
 * 1670’s || Slave trade begins from Africa to America (directly) ||
 * 1673 || 3rd Navigation Act passed ||
 * 1675-1676 || King Phillip’s War in New England ||
 * 1676 || Bacon’s Rebellion ||
 * 1681 || Pennsylvania chartered ||
 * 1685 || Edict of Nantes revoked in France ||
 * 1686 || Dominion of New England is established ||
 * 1689 || * Glorious Revolution in England
 * Leisler leads rebellion in New York ||
 * 1690 || * Rice becomes important to Carolina economy/culture ||
 * 1692 || Salem Witch Trials begin ||
 * 1713 || Treaty of Utrecht concludes Queen Anne’s War ||
 * 1718 || NOLA founed to serve French plantation economy in Louisiana ||
 * 1732 || Georgia chartered ||
 * 1734 || * Great Awakening begins in Maryland
 * Peter Zenger tried in New York ||
 * 1739 || * George Whitefield arrives in America
 * Stono Slave Rebellion in South Carolina ||
 * 1740’s || * Indigo production begins in Carolina
 * King George’s War ||
 * 1754 || * Albany Plan rejected
 * French and Indian War begins with battle of Fort Duquesne ||
 * 1756 || Seven Year’s War begins in Europe ||
 * 1763 || * Peace of Paris ends Seven Year’s war and French and Indian War
 * Proclamation of 1763
 * Paxton uprising in Penn. ||
 * 1764 || * Ironworks established in New Jersey
 * Sugar Act passed
 * Currency Act passed ||
 * 1765 || * Stamp Act crisis
 * Mutiny Act passed ||
 * 1766 || * Stamp Act repealed
 * Declaratory Act passed ||
 * 1767 || Townshend Duties imposed ||
 * 1770 || Boston Massacre ||
 * 1773 || * Tea Act passed
 * Boston Tea Party ||
 * 1774 || * Intolerable Acts passed
 * First Continental Congress meets at Philadelphia
 * Edenton Proclamation
 * Lord Dunmore’s War ||
 * 1775 || * American Revolution begins
 * 2nd Contenental Congress meets
 * Battle of Bunker Hill
 * Battle of Lexington and concord ||
 * 1776 || * Thomas Paine’s //Common Sense// published
 * British troops leave Boston
 * Declaration of Independence signed
 * Battle of Trenton
 * First state constitutions written ||
 * 1777 || * Articles of confederation written
 * Howe occupies Philadelphia
 * Winter at Valley Forge
 * Battle of Saratoga ||
 * 1778 || Second phase of the war starts (the Southern Campaign) ||
 * 1781 || * Conwallis surrenders at Yorktown
 * Articles of Confederation ratified ||
 * 1783 || Treaty of Paris with England recognizes American independence ||
 * 1786-1787 || Shay’s Rebellion ||
 * 1787 || Northwest Ordinance enacted
 * 1789 || * Washington becomes president
 * Bill of Rights
 * Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed
 * French Revolution begins ||
 * 1791 || First Bank of US ||
 * 1792 || Washington reelected ||
 * 1793 || * Citizen Genet issue
 * Cotton Gin invented ||
 * 1794 || * Whiskey Rebellion
 * Jay’s Treaty ||
 * 1796 || John Adams elected ||
 * 1800 || * Jefferson and Burr tie vote in electoral college
 * National Capital moves to D.C. ||
 * 1801 || * Jefferson becomes president
 * Judiciary Act of 1801 passed
 * Second Great Awakening begins
 * Marshall appointed chief justice ||
 * 1803 || * Napoleonic Wars escalate in Europe
 * LA Purchase
 * Marbury v. Madison case ||
 * 1804 || * Aaron Burr kills Hamilton
 * Thomas Jefferson reelected as president ||
 * 1804-1806 || * Lewis and Clark expedition ||
 * 1807 || * Chesapeake-Leopard incident
 * Embargo begins
 * First steamboat ||
 * 1808 || Madison elected president ||
 * 1809 || * Embargo Act repealed
 * Non-Intercourse Act passed ||
 * 1810 || * Macon’s Bill #2
 * US annexes West Florida ||
 * 1811 || * Battle of Tippecanoe ||
 * 1812 || * War of 1812
 * Madison reelected as president
 * LA admitted to Union as state ||
 * 1814 || * Battle of Horseshoe Bend
 * British burn Washington D.C.
 * Hartford Convention
 * Treaty of ghent ||
 * 1815 || Battle of NOLA ||
 * 1816 || * Second Bank of US
 * Monroe elected as president ||
 * 1819 || * Economic panic
 * Dartmouth College V. Woodward
 * McCulloch v. Maryland ||
 * 1820 || * Missouri Compromise
 * Monroe reelected as president ||
 * 1821 || Mexico gains independence from Spain ||
 * 1823 || Monroe Doctrine ||
 * 1824 || * JQ Adams wins presidential election
 * Gibbons V. Ogden ||
 * 1826 || Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die ||
 * 1828 || * Tariff of abominations
 * Andrew Jackson elected as president ||
 * 1830 || * Indian Removal Act
 * First railroad begins operation ||
 * 1831 || SC rules in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ||
 * 1832 || Jackson reelected as president ||
 * 1832-1833 || Nullification crisis ||
 * 1835 || Taney takes over SC ||
 * 1835-1842 || Seminole War ||
 * 1836 || * Specie circular
 * Van Buren elected president ||
 * 1837 || SC rules in Charles River Bridge case ||
 * 1838 || Aroostook War ||
 * 1840 || * William Henry Harrison elected president
 * Independent Treasury Act passed ||
 * 1841 || * John Tyler becomes president ||
 * 1842 || * Dorr Rebellion
 * Webster-Ashburton Treaty signed
 * SC rules in Commonwealth v. Hunt
 * Barnum opens American Museum in NY ||
 * 1844 || First telegraph message ||
 * 1846 || * Rotary press invented
 * Associated press is organized ||
 * 1847 || Mormons found Salt Lake City ||
 * 1840’s-ish || Utopian societies are formed ||
 * 1852 || Know-Nothings party formed ||
 * 1850’s || All famous books are published (Moby Dick, the Scarlet Letter, etc. ||
 * || RAN OUT OF TIME….timeline ends at chapter 12! Sorry!! ||