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Based on the book, American History A Survey 13th Edition by Alan Brinkley.
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474259051714,000 - 12,000 BCEAsians begin migrating to North America across the Bering Strait0
47425905181347Black Death begins in Europe1
47425905191480sPortuguese explorers travel down west coast of Africa in search of sea route to Asia2
47425905201492Columbus sails west from Spain in search of Asia, reaches Bahama Islands in the Caribbean3
47425905211494Papal decree divided New World between Spain and Portugal4
47425905221497John Cabot establishes first English claim in North America5
47425905231502First African slaves arrive in Spanish America6
47425905241517Martin Luther challenges Catholic Church, sparking Protestant Reformation in Europe7
47425905251518 - 1530Smallpox epidemic ravages Indian societies of Central and South America8
47425905261519 - 1522Magellan expedition circumnavigates globe9
47425905271521Cortes captures Tenochtitlan and conquers Aztec Empire in Mexico10
47425905281532 - 1538Pizarro conquers Incas in Peru11
47425905291558Elizabeth I ascends English throne12
47425905301565St. Augustine founded in Florida13
47425905311566English conquest of Ireland begins14
47425905321587"Lost Colony" established on Roanoke Island15
47425905331598Don Juan de Ornate establishes Spanish colony in present day New Mexico16
47425905341603James I succeeds Elizabeth I in England17
47425905351608French establishes Quebec, their first permanent settlement in America18
47425905361609Spanish colonists found Santa Fe19
47425905371624Dutch establish permanent settlements in what is now New York20
47425905381680Pueblos revolt and drive Spanish colonists from present-day New Mexico21
47425905391692Spanish return to New Mexico22
47425905401696Spanish crush last Pueblo revolt in New Mexico23
47425905411607Jamestown founded24
47425905421608Pilgrims flee to Holland from England25
47425905431612Tobacco production established in Virginia26
47425905441619First African workers arrive in Virginia Virginia House of Burgesses meets for first time27
47425905451620Pilgrims found Plymouth colony28
47425905461620sEnglish colonization accelerates in the Caribbean29
47425905471622Powhatan Indians attack English colony in Virginia30
47425905481624Dutch establish settlement on Manhattan Island31
47425905491629New Hampshire and Maine established32
47425905501630Puritans establish Massachusetts Bay colony at Boston33
47425905511634First English settlements founded in Maryland34
47425905521635Hartford settled in Connecticut35
47425905531636Roger Williams founds settlement in Rhode Island36
47425905541637Anna Hutchinson expelled from Massachusetts Bay colony Pequot War fought37
47425905551638Swedes and Finns establish New Sweden on the Delaware River38
47425905561642 - 1649English Civil War39
47425905571644Last major Powhatan uprising against English settlers in Virginia40
47425905581649Charles I executed41
47425905591655Civil war in Maryland temporarily unseats Catholic proprietor42
47425905601660English Restoration: Charles II becomes king First Navigation Act passed43
47425905611663Carolina colony chartered Second Navigation Act passed44
47425905621664English capture New Netherland New Jersey chartered45
47425905631673Third Navigation Act passed46
47425905641675 - 1676King Philip's War in New England47
47425905651676Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia48
47425905661681William Penn receives charter for Pennsylvania49
47425905671685James II becomes king50
47425905681686Dominion of New England established51
47425905691688Glorious Revolution in England: William and Mary ascend throne52
47425905701689Glorious Revolution in America: rebellion breaks out against Andros in New England Leisler leads rebellion in New York53
47425905711732Georgia chartered54
47425905721636Harvard College founded in Massachusetts55
47425905731640Instability in tobacco markets begins56
47425905741647Massachusetts law requires a public school in every town57
47425905751650Population of New England begins to grow by natural increase58
47425905761662halfway Covenant established in New England59
47425905771670sFlow of indentured servants declines Slave traders begin importing slaves directly from Africa to North America60
47425905781685Edict of Nanets revoked in France; Huguenots begin migrating to North America61
47425905791690sRice production becomes central to South Carolina economy Slave trade expands as prices decline62
47425905801691Official toleration of Catholics ends in Maryland63
47425905811692Witchcraft trials begin in Salem64
47425905821693College of William and Mary founded in Virginia65
47425905831697Royal African Company monopoly of slave trade broken; slave importations begin to increase66
47425905841701Yale College founded in Connecticut67
47425905851708 - 1709First major migration of Palatinate Germans to North America begins68
47425905861710Major Scotch-Irish migrations to North America begin German-Swiss establish settlements in North Carolina69
47425905871720Cotton Mather initiates smallpox inoculations in Massachusetts70
47425905881734Great Awakening begins in Massachusetts Peter Zenger tried in New York71
47425905891739George Whitefield arrives in North America Great Awakening intensifies Stono slave rebellion in South Carolina72
47425905901740sIndigo production begins in South Carolina73
47425905911746College of New Jersey founded at Princeton74
47425905921754Kings College(later Columbia University) founded in New York75
47425905931755Academy and College of Philadelphia(later University of Pennsylvania) founded76
47425905941764Major ironworks established in New Jersey77
47425905951713Treaty of Utrecht concludes Queen Anne's War78
47425905961718New Orleans founded to serve French plantation economy in Louisiana79
47425905971744 - 1748King George's War80
47425905981749French construct fortress in Ohio Valley81
47425905991754Albany Plan for intercolonial cooperation rejected Battle of Fort Duquesne begins French and Indian War82
47425906001756Seven Years' War begins in Europe83
47425906011757British policies provoke riots in New York84
47425906021758Pitt returns authority to colonial assemblies British capture Louisbourg fortress and Fort Dequesne85
47425906031759British forces under Wolfe capture Quebec86
47425906041760George III becomes King French army surrenders to Amherst at Montreal87
47425906051763Peace of Paris ends Seven Years' (and French and Indian) War Grenville becomes prime minister Proclamation of 1763 restricts western settlement Paxton uprising in Pennsylvania88
47425906061764Sugar Act passed Currency Act passed89
47425906071765Stamp Act crisis Mutiny Act passed90
47425906081766Stamp Act repealed Declaratory Act passed91
47425906091767Townshend duties imposed92
47425906101768Boston, New York, and Philadelphia merchants make nonimportation agreement93
47425906111770Boston Massacre Most Townshend duties repealed94
47425906121771Regulator movement quelled in North Carolina95
47425906131772Committees of correspondence established in Boston Gaspee incident in Rhode Island96
47425906141773Tea Act passed Bostonians stage tea party97
47425906151774Intolerable Acts passed First Continental Congress meets at Philadelphia North Carolina women sign Edenton Proclamation calling for boycott of British goods98
47425906161775Clashes at Lexington and Concord begin American Revolution99
47425906171774Shawnee defeated by Virginia militia in Lord Dunmore's War100
47425906181775Second Continental Congress meets George Washington appointed to command American forces Battle of Bunker Hill Montgomery assault on Quebec fails101
47425906191776Thomas Paine's Common Sense published British troops leave Boston Declaration of Independence debated and signed Hoew routs Americans on Long Island Battle of Trenton First state constitutions written102
47425906201777Articles of Confederation adopted Battles of Princeton, Bandywine, and Germantown Howe occupies Philadelphia Washington camps at valley Forge for winter Burgoyne surrenders to Gates at Saratoga103
47425906211778French-American alliance established Clinton replaces Howe British leave Philadelphia War shifts to the South British capture Savannah104
47425906221780British capture Charleston Cornwallis defeats Gates at Camden, South Carolina Patriots defeats Tories at King's Mountain, South Carolina Massachusetts state constitution ratified Slavery abolished in Pennsylvania105
47425906231781Battles of Cowpens and Guilford Court House Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown Articles of Confederation ratified Continental impost proposed106
47425906241781 - 1784States cede western lands to Confederation107
47425906251782American militiamen massacre Delaware Indians in Ohio108
47425906261783Treaty of Paris with Great Britain recognizes American independence Slavery abolished in Massachusetts109
47425906271784Postwar depression begins, aggravating currency problems110
47425906281784 - 1785First ordinance establishing procedures for settling western lands enacted111
47425906291786Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom passed112
47425906301786 - 1787Shay's Rebellion in Massachusetts113
47425906311787Northwest Ordinance enacted114
47425906321789John Carroll named first bishop of Catholic Church of the United States115
47425906331792Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women published in the United States116
47425906341794Anthony Wayne defeats Indians in Ohio117
47425906351783Confederation Congress leaves Philadelphia118
47425906361785Confederation Congress settles in New York119
47425906371786Annapolis Conference meets120
47425906381787Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia meets Constitution adopted (September 17)121
47425906391787 - 1788States ratify Constitution122
47425906401789First elections held under Constitution New government assembles in New York Washington becomes first president Bill of Rights adopted by Congress Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed French Revolution begins123
47425906411791Hamilton issues "Reports on Manufactures" First Bank of the United States chartered Vermont becomes fourteenth states124
47425906421792Washington reelected without opposition Kentucky becomes fifteenth state125
47425906431793Citizen Genet affair challenges American neutrality126
47425906441794Whiskey Rebellion quelled in Pennsylvania Jay's Treaty signed127
47425906451795Pinckney's Treaty signed128
47425906461796John Adams elected president Tennessee becomes sixteenth state129
47425906471768XYZ Affair precipitates state of quasi war with France Alien and Sedition Acts passed Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions passed130
47425906481800Jefferson and Burr tie vote in electoral college131
47425906491801Jefferson becomes president after Congress confirms election Judiciary Act of 1801 passed132
47425906501769James Watt patents steam engine133
47425906511778Phillips Academy founded in Andover, Massachusetts134
47425906521779Universalist Church founded135
47425906531781Phillips Exeter Academy founded in New Hampshire136
47425906541782Unitarian Church founded in Boston137
47425906551784Judith Sargent Murray publishes essay on rights of women Methodist Church formally established138
47425906561789Massachusetts public schools admit females139
47425906571790Samuel Slater builds textile mill, first modern factory in America, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island140
47425906581792Toll road constructed from Philadelphia to Lancaster141
47425906591793Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin142
47425906601794 - 1796Thomas Paine's "The Age of Reason" published143
47425906611800United States capital moves to Washington DC Gabriel Prosser's plans for slave rebellion foiled144
47425906621801Second Great Awakening begins John Marshall appointed cheif justice145
47425906631801 - 1805Conflict with Tripoli146
47425906641802Jefferson abolishes all internal federal taxes United States Military Academy founded at West Point147
47425906651803Napoleonic Wars escalate in Europe Louisiana Territory purchased from French Supreme Court establishes power of Judicial Review in Marbury vs. Madison148
47425906661804Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in duel Thomas Jefferson reelected President149
47425906671804 - 1806Lewis and Clark, and Zebulon Pike, explore Louisiana Territory150
47425906681805British defeat French at Trafalgar151
47425906691806Burr charged with conspiracy152
47425906701806 - 1807Napoleon issues Berlin and Milan decrees153
47425906711807Fulton and Livingston launch the first steamboat Burr tried and acquitted for conspiracy Chesapeake-Leopard incident with Great Britain Embargo beings154
47425906721808Economy plunges into depression Madison is elected President155
47425906731809Embargo Act repealed Non-Intercourse Act passed Tecumseh establishes tribal confederacy156
47425906741810Macon's Bill No. 2 reopens trade with Britain and France United States annexes West Florida157
47425906751811Harrison is victorious in Battle of Tippecanoe158
47425906761812United States declares war on Great Britain (June 18th) Madison reelected President Louisiana admitted to Union as a state159
47425906771813British erect naval blockade American forces burn York(Toronto), Canadian capital Perry defeats British fleet at Put-In Bay on Lake Erie Harrison defeats British and Tecumseh160
47425906781814Jackson, at Battle of Horseshoe Bend, slaughters Creek Indians British troops capture and burn Washington Francis Scott Key writes "The Star-Spangled Banner" Americans win Battle of Plattsburgh Hartford Convention meets Treaty of Ghent signed161
47425906791815Jackson wins Battle of New Orleans Naval war fought with ALgiers162
47425906801828Websters American Dictionary of the English Language published163
47425906811813Francis Lowell establishes textile factories in Waltham, Massachusetts164
47425906821815US signs treaties with tribes taking western lands from Indians165
47425906831816Second Bank of the United STates chartered Monroe elected president Tariff protects textile industry from foreign competition Indiana enters Union166
47425906841817Madison vetoes internal improvements bill Mississippi enters Union167
47425906851818Jackson invades Florida, ends first Seminole War Illinois enters Union168
47425906861819Commercial panic destabilizes economy Spain cedes Florida to the United States in Adams-Onis Treaty Supreme Court hears Dartmouth College vs. Woodward and McCulloch vs. Maryland Alabama enters Union169
47425906871819 - 1820Stephen H. Long explores Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado170
47425906881820Missouri Compromise enacted Monroe reelected President without opposition171
47425906891821Mexico wins independence from Spain William Becknell opens trade between US territories and New Mexico172
47425906901822Rocky Mountain Fur Company established173
47425906911823Monroe Doctrine proclaimed174
47425906921824John Quincy Adams wins disputed presidential election175
47425906931826Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on July 4th176
47425906941827Creek Indians cede lands to Georgia177
47425906951828"Tariff of Abominations" passed Andrew Jackson elected President178

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