Colonial Era Timeline
Sam White
APUSH 2
Timeline
Colonial Era (1620-1763)
1. 1620 Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock
1.1. Mayflower Compact agrees to submit to will of the majority
1.2. Earliest democracy from puritan roots
2. 1691 Glorious (Bloodless Revolution)
2.1. Lead to Salutary Neglect
2.2. Allowed independence to flourish
3. 1670 Bacon’s Rebellion
3.1. Former indentured servants revolt
3.2. Early instance of class warfare
3.3. Indentured servitude begins to die off as popularity of slavery rises
4. 1692 Salem Witch Trials
4.1. Class warfare, lower class accusing upper class
4.2. Widened social stratification
4.3. Fear that commercialism would eclipse puritan values
5. 1730’s-40’s Great Awakening
5.1. Increased denominations
and religious diversity
5.2. Founding of Colleges
5.3. Broke down sectional boundaries and denominational lines
6. 1754 Seven Year’s War
6.1. New wave of independence with French gone
6.2. Gained the Ohio River Valley
7. 1754 Albany Congress
7.1. Designed to promote colonial unity
7.2. Benjamin Franklin’s famous “Join or Die” cartoon published
Revolutionary Era (1763-1783)
1. Mercantalism
1.1. British justification of colonies
1.2. British using colonies for monetary gain
1.3. Colonists tenants, not citizens
2. 1764-1867: Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts
2.1. “Taxation without Representation”
2.2. Angered the colonists, created resentment between British and Colonials
3. 1770 Boston Massacre
3.1. First violent clash of British v. Colonials
3.2. Furthered Colonial resentment
4. 1774 First Continental Congress
4.1. Show of Colonial unity
4.2. Reduced colonial friction
4.3. The Association (complete boycott of British imports)
5. 1776 Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
5.1. Foundational document of the US
5.2. Extremely influential, rallied support for rebel cause
5.3. Foundation of Independence and Foreign Policy
6. 1776 Declaration of Independence
6.1. Source of inspiration for many revolutions and movements against arbitrary authority
6.2. Inspiration for the French Rights of Man Declaration that sparked the French Revolution
7. 1783 Treaty of Paris
7.1. British formally recognized US as an independent state
7.2. US stretched to Mississippi River, Great Lakes, and Florida
7.3. Retain portion of Newfoundland Fisheries
7.4. London able to rebuild military and Naval strength, prevails in conflict against Napoleon, becomes major world power
Confederation and the Early Republic (1783-1800)
1. 1777 Articles of Confederation
1.1. Draft of Constitution
1.2. Not ratified by all 13 states
1.3. loose construction ultimately failed--constitution born
2. 1786 Shay’s Rebellion
2.1. Backcountry farmers revolt about loosing land and holdings
2.2. Debtor Relief laws passed
2.3. Economic classes warring
3. 1791 Bill of Rights
3.1. Safeguard of American principals
3.2. 10th Amendment reserves all rights not explicitly stated in Constitution to state governments
4. 1973 Neutrality Proclimation
4.1. Official neutrality of government and citizens
4.2. Spread isolationism
4.3. Controversial between new parties
4.4. Informally followed for many years
5. 1794 Whiskey Rebellion
5.1. Distillers revolted against high excise tax of whiskey
5.2. Washington sent federal troops to put down rebellion
5.3. Federal authority substantially strengthened government and respect
6. 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts
6.1. War against Jeffersonians
6.2. Clash of new political parties
7. 1803 Virginia Kentucky Resolutions
7.1. compromise between clashing political parties
7.2. later used by southerners to support nullification and secession
Later Republic, Jefferson to Monroe (1800-1820)
1. 1800 Revolution (Election) of 1800
1.1. Return to original spirit of revolution
1.2. peaceful, orderly transfer of power
2. 1807 Embargo Act
2.1. Attempted peaceful solution to foreign affairs
2.2. cripples US economy
2.3. Revived federalist party
2.4. Outraged citizens
3. 1814 Hartford Convention
3.1. Federalist meeting to discuss grievances
3.2. Less radical than originally thought
3.3. federal compensation for lost trade, embargo amendment, abolish 3/5th clause, some talk of secession
3.4. Final death blow to federalist party 4. 1817 Rush-Bagot Agreement
4.1. Limited naval armament of lakes
4.2. better relations between US and Canada
5. 1819 Missouri Compromise
5.1. Preserved shaky compact of states
5.2. Also fostered bitterness between North and South
5.3. Did not resolve conflict, later helped split the union 6. 1823 Monroe Doctrine
6.1. Noncolonization and nonintervention
6.2. Closed off Americas to further colonization
6.3. Kept monarchial systems out of Western Hemisphere
7. 1824 American System
7.1. Strong banking system, protective tariff, internal improvements
7.2. Developed out of growing nationalism
7.3. States forced to find revenue for own improvements; Eerie Canal
Jacksonian Democracy and Early Reform Movements (1820-1840)
1. 1828 Election of Jackson
1.1. Ascendency of the masses
1.2. Spoils system, incompetently run government
2. 1828 Tariff of Abominations
2.1. Nullification crisis in South
2.2. First instance of Nullification that later lead to secession
2.3. Conflict avoided by Clay’s compromise
3. Indian Removal Act
3.1. Indians moved off sovereign territory
3.2. Supreme court ruled unconstitutional
3.3. Increased Executive branch of government at expense of Judiciary
4. 1837 Panic of 1837
4.1. speculation and get-rich-quickism
4.2. result of Jacksonian bank war and Specie Circular
4.3. Failures of crops and rising grain prices
4.4. Divorce bill separated federal treasury into an independent treasury
5. 1840-Two party system develops
5.1. rid of the idea of factions and conspiracy
5.2. opposition not dangerous to union
5.3. allowed compromise of slavery until two party system wavered
6. 1844 Trans-Atlantic Telegraph
6.1. opened communications to Europe
6.2. New ways of news gathering, diplomacy, and finance
7. 1840-Industrial Revolution
7.1. 5.1. Cotton Gin
7.1.1. revival of slavery
7.2. 5.2. Cult of Domesticity
7.2.1. glorified role of women
7.2.2. raising of children to be independent adults
Sectionalism, Expansionism, and Approaching Conflict (1840-1860)
1. 1840’s-50’s Market Revolution
1.1. Subsistence farming into industry and commerce
1.2. Lead to resolutions concerning government involvement in business
2. 1825-1850 Public School Systems
2.1. Lagged in South
2.2. Result of universal white male suffrage
2.3. Beacon of American democracy
3. 1844 Manifest Destiny
3.1. America’s divine right for expansion
3.2. Led to westward movement, the acquisition of coast to coast land
4. 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
4.1. Men and women created equal
4.2. Launched women’s rights movement
5. 1848 Free Soil Party Organized
5.1. Political party based solely on the abolition of slavery
6. 1850 Compromise of 1850
6.1. California as a free state
6.2. Popular sovereignty in territories
6.3. Stringent fugitive slave law
6.4. angered both North and South
7. 1860 Election of Abraham Lincoln
7.1. Pushed southern states into secession
The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
1. 1861 Formation of the Confederate States of America
1.1. 7 States seceded
1.2. Beginnings of civil war
2. 1862 Anteitam
2.1. Defining Union victory
2.2. Launched Emancipation Proclamation
2.3. Emancipated slaves only in principal
3. 1863 Ghettysburg
3.1. Major Union victory
3.2. Turning point in war
3.3. Smashed Confederate cause
4. 1865 Appomattox Courthouse
4.1. Ended Civil War
4.2. Generous terms of surrender accepted
5. 1865 Assasination of Lincoln
5.1. Moderate plan for Reconstruction lost
5.2. Government fell into hands of Radical Republicans
5.3. Strict, militant Reconstruction
6. 1865 Black Codes
6.1. Restricted Freedman’s freedom
6.2. Perpetuated new forms of slavery
7. 1877 Reconstruction Ends
7.1. Rutherford B. Hayes trades election win for removal of military troops in the South
APUSH 2
Timeline
Colonial Era (1620-1763)
1. 1620 Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock
1.1. Mayflower Compact agrees to submit to will of the majority
1.2. Earliest democracy from puritan roots
2. 1691 Glorious (Bloodless Revolution)
2.1. Lead to Salutary Neglect
2.2. Allowed independence to flourish
3. 1670 Bacon’s Rebellion
3.1. Former indentured servants revolt
3.2. Early instance of class warfare
3.3. Indentured servitude begins to die off as popularity of slavery rises
4. 1692 Salem Witch Trials
4.1. Class warfare, lower class accusing upper class
4.2. Widened social stratification
4.3. Fear that commercialism would eclipse puritan values
5. 1730’s-40’s Great Awakening
5.1. Increased denominations
and religious diversity
5.2. Founding of Colleges
5.3. Broke down sectional boundaries and denominational lines
6. 1754 Seven Year’s War
6.1. New wave of independence with French gone
6.2. Gained the Ohio River Valley
7. 1754 Albany Congress
7.1. Designed to promote colonial unity
7.2. Benjamin Franklin’s famous “Join or Die” cartoon published
Revolutionary Era (1763-1783)
1. Mercantalism
1.1. British justification of colonies
1.2. British using colonies for monetary gain
1.3. Colonists tenants, not citizens
2. 1764-1867: Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts
2.1. “Taxation without Representation”
2.2. Angered the colonists, created resentment between British and Colonials
3. 1770 Boston Massacre
3.1. First violent clash of British v. Colonials
3.2. Furthered Colonial resentment
4. 1774 First Continental Congress
4.1. Show of Colonial unity
4.2. Reduced colonial friction
4.3. The Association (complete boycott of British imports)
5. 1776 Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
5.1. Foundational document of the US
5.2. Extremely influential, rallied support for rebel cause
5.3. Foundation of Independence and Foreign Policy
6. 1776 Declaration of Independence
6.1. Source of inspiration for many revolutions and movements against arbitrary authority
6.2. Inspiration for the French Rights of Man Declaration that sparked the French Revolution
7. 1783 Treaty of Paris
7.1. British formally recognized US as an independent state
7.2. US stretched to Mississippi River, Great Lakes, and Florida
7.3. Retain portion of Newfoundland Fisheries
7.4. London able to rebuild military and Naval strength, prevails in conflict against Napoleon, becomes major world power
Confederation and the Early Republic (1783-1800)
1. 1777 Articles of Confederation
1.1. Draft of Constitution
1.2. Not ratified by all 13 states
1.3. loose construction ultimately failed--constitution born
2. 1786 Shay’s Rebellion
2.1. Backcountry farmers revolt about loosing land and holdings
2.2. Debtor Relief laws passed
2.3. Economic classes warring
3. 1791 Bill of Rights
3.1. Safeguard of American principals
3.2. 10th Amendment reserves all rights not explicitly stated in Constitution to state governments
4. 1973 Neutrality Proclimation
4.1. Official neutrality of government and citizens
4.2. Spread isolationism
4.3. Controversial between new parties
4.4. Informally followed for many years
5. 1794 Whiskey Rebellion
5.1. Distillers revolted against high excise tax of whiskey
5.2. Washington sent federal troops to put down rebellion
5.3. Federal authority substantially strengthened government and respect
6. 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts
6.1. War against Jeffersonians
6.2. Clash of new political parties
7. 1803 Virginia Kentucky Resolutions
7.1. compromise between clashing political parties
7.2. later used by southerners to support nullification and secession
Later Republic, Jefferson to Monroe (1800-1820)
1. 1800 Revolution (Election) of 1800
1.1. Return to original spirit of revolution
1.2. peaceful, orderly transfer of power
2. 1807 Embargo Act
2.1. Attempted peaceful solution to foreign affairs
2.2. cripples US economy
2.3. Revived federalist party
2.4. Outraged citizens
3. 1814 Hartford Convention
3.1. Federalist meeting to discuss grievances
3.2. Less radical than originally thought
3.3. federal compensation for lost trade, embargo amendment, abolish 3/5th clause, some talk of secession
3.4. Final death blow to federalist party 4. 1817 Rush-Bagot Agreement
4.1. Limited naval armament of lakes
4.2. better relations between US and Canada
5. 1819 Missouri Compromise
5.1. Preserved shaky compact of states
5.2. Also fostered bitterness between North and South
5.3. Did not resolve conflict, later helped split the union 6. 1823 Monroe Doctrine
6.1. Noncolonization and nonintervention
6.2. Closed off Americas to further colonization
6.3. Kept monarchial systems out of Western Hemisphere
7. 1824 American System
7.1. Strong banking system, protective tariff, internal improvements
7.2. Developed out of growing nationalism
7.3. States forced to find revenue for own improvements; Eerie Canal
Jacksonian Democracy and Early Reform Movements (1820-1840)
1. 1828 Election of Jackson
1.1. Ascendency of the masses
1.2. Spoils system, incompetently run government
2. 1828 Tariff of Abominations
2.1. Nullification crisis in South
2.2. First instance of Nullification that later lead to secession
2.3. Conflict avoided by Clay’s compromise
3. Indian Removal Act
3.1. Indians moved off sovereign territory
3.2. Supreme court ruled unconstitutional
3.3. Increased Executive branch of government at expense of Judiciary
4. 1837 Panic of 1837
4.1. speculation and get-rich-quickism
4.2. result of Jacksonian bank war and Specie Circular
4.3. Failures of crops and rising grain prices
4.4. Divorce bill separated federal treasury into an independent treasury
5. 1840-Two party system develops
5.1. rid of the idea of factions and conspiracy
5.2. opposition not dangerous to union
5.3. allowed compromise of slavery until two party system wavered
6. 1844 Trans-Atlantic Telegraph
6.1. opened communications to Europe
6.2. New ways of news gathering, diplomacy, and finance
7. 1840-Industrial Revolution
7.1. 5.1. Cotton Gin
7.1.1. revival of slavery
7.2. 5.2. Cult of Domesticity
7.2.1. glorified role of women
7.2.2. raising of children to be independent adults
Sectionalism, Expansionism, and Approaching Conflict (1840-1860)
1. 1840’s-50’s Market Revolution
1.1. Subsistence farming into industry and commerce
1.2. Lead to resolutions concerning government involvement in business
2. 1825-1850 Public School Systems
2.1. Lagged in South
2.2. Result of universal white male suffrage
2.3. Beacon of American democracy
3. 1844 Manifest Destiny
3.1. America’s divine right for expansion
3.2. Led to westward movement, the acquisition of coast to coast land
4. 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
4.1. Men and women created equal
4.2. Launched women’s rights movement
5. 1848 Free Soil Party Organized
5.1. Political party based solely on the abolition of slavery
6. 1850 Compromise of 1850
6.1. California as a free state
6.2. Popular sovereignty in territories
6.3. Stringent fugitive slave law
6.4. angered both North and South
7. 1860 Election of Abraham Lincoln
7.1. Pushed southern states into secession
The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
1. 1861 Formation of the Confederate States of America
1.1. 7 States seceded
1.2. Beginnings of civil war
2. 1862 Anteitam
2.1. Defining Union victory
2.2. Launched Emancipation Proclamation
2.3. Emancipated slaves only in principal
3. 1863 Ghettysburg
3.1. Major Union victory
3.2. Turning point in war
3.3. Smashed Confederate cause
4. 1865 Appomattox Courthouse
4.1. Ended Civil War
4.2. Generous terms of surrender accepted
5. 1865 Assasination of Lincoln
5.1. Moderate plan for Reconstruction lost
5.2. Government fell into hands of Radical Republicans
5.3. Strict, militant Reconstruction
6. 1865 Black Codes
6.1. Restricted Freedman’s freedom
6.2. Perpetuated new forms of slavery
7. 1877 Reconstruction Ends
7.1. Rutherford B. Hayes trades election win for removal of military troops in the South