Key dates in APUSH—Colonization to Reconstruction
1565 St. Augustine
1607 Jamestown
1608 Quebec
1609 New Amsterdam
1619 First African slaves arrive
1620 Mayflower Compact
1630 Great Migration
1636 Harvard College
1649 Act of Toleration
1676 Bacon’s Rebellion
1675-76 King Philip’s War
1692 Salem Witch Trials
1730s & 40s Great Awakening
1735 Zenger Trial
1754 Albany Plan
1763 Pontiac’s Rebellion
1770 Boston Massacre
1776 Declaration of Independence
1783 Revolutionary War ends
1788 US Constitution
1791 Bill of Rights
1795 Pinckney’s Treaty
1791 Factory System
1793 Cotton Gin
1800 Revolution of 1800
1801 Marbury v. Madison
1803 Louisiana Purchase
1812 “Mr. Madison’s War”
1820 Missouri Compromise
1823 Monroe Doctrine
1828 Tariff of Abominations
1828 Jacksonian Democracy
1846 Mexican-American War
1848 Seneca Falls Convention
1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin
1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford
1861 Civil War begins
1866-69 Civil Rights Amendments
1877 End of Reconstruction
Spanish settle oldest, permanent settlement in North America
First permanent English settlement in North America
Samuel de Champlain establishes first permanent French colony
Henry Hudson claims land the Dutch West India Company settles
Beginning of the slave trade & of sectional problems for the country
Separatists and others established principles of democratic society at
Plymouth; early form of colonial self-government
John Winthrop; Puritans to Massachusetts Bay Colony; 15,000 over 10 years
First colonial college; ministry & scholarly education led to W & M and Yale
First colonial statute granting religious freedom to all Christians; Maryland
land owners vs. former indentured servants & colonial resistance to GB control
Metacom; ends Native American resistance in New England
Religious fervor and hysteria led to witch hunt—McCarthyism & Red Scare
Jonathan Edwards & George Whitefield; religious movement & established colleges
Encouraged freedom of the press
Beginning of the French & Indian War; Ben Franklin political cartoon—call for inter-
colonial unity, collection of taxes, & troops to support GB in the war
Rebellion led to the Proclamation of 1763
Culmination of GB military presence & enforcement of law; death of Crispus Attucks;
turning point in American cooperation with GB
Revolutionary War has been ongoing for 1 year; Author: Thomas Jefferson
Treaty of Paris, 1783—recognizes the USA as a new nation
New government established as the Articles of Confederation fail; The Federalist
Papers illustrate the need for ratification
First 10 Amendments to the Constitution guarantee individual liberties
Agreement with Spain—protects shipping along Mississippi River & right of deposit in
New Orleans
Samuel Slater immigrates from GB; establishes 1st US factory
Eli Whitney invents cotton de-seeding device; transforms the South
The peaceful transition of political power between the Federalist & Jefferson’s
Democratic-Republicans
Establishes the principle of Judicial Review
US doubles its size as expansion fever begins
Opposition to the War of 1812 & the war hawks
Established parameters for the expansion of slavery
Declared Western Hemisphere closed to foreign colonization or interference
Protest led to the nullification crisis & the Hayne-Webster debate; states rights
Election of Andrew Jackson marks the era of the common man
Culmination of Manifest Destiny with southwest land added
Elizabeth Cady Stanton & the “Declaration of Sentiments”
Harriet Beecher Stowe; exposes slavery, social contribution to the Civil War
Slaves are property; 5th Amendment; citizenship; nullifies Missouri Compromise
Sectional strife finally leads to 4 year war—slavery & states rights
13th – 15th Amendment; abolition/protection of citizens/male vote—women’s suffrage
another 50 years
Compromise of 1877 resolves the election of 1876; Hayes removes troops