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604510375814,000 - 12,000 BCEAsians begin migrating to North America across the Bering Strait0
60451037591347Black Death begins in Europe1
60451037601480sPortuguese explorers travel down west coast of Africa in search of sea route to Asia2
60451037611492Columbus sails west from Spain in search of Asia, reaches Bahama Islands in the Caribbean3
60451037621494Papal decree divided New World between Spain and Portugal4
60451037631497John Cabot establishes first English claim in North America5
60451037641502First African slaves arrive in Spanish America6
60451037651517Martin Luther challenges Catholic Church, sparking Protestant Reformation in Europe7
60451037661518 - 1530Smallpox epidemic ravages Indian societies of Central and South America8
60451037671519 - 1522Magellan expedition circumnavigates globe9
60451037681521Cortes captures Tenochtitlan and conquers Aztec Empire in Mexico10
60451037691532 - 1538Pizarro conquers Incas in Peru11
60451037701558Elizabeth I ascends English throne12
60451037711565St. Augustine founded in Florida13
60451037721566English conquest of Ireland begins14
60451037731587"Lost Colony" established on Roanoke Island15
60451037741598Don Juan de Ornate establishes Spanish colony in present day New Mexico16
60451037751603James I succeeds Elizabeth I in England17
60451037761608French establishes Quebec, their first permanent settlement in America18
60451037771609Spanish colonists found Santa Fe19
60451037781624Dutch establish permanent settlements in what is now New York20
60451037791680Pueblos revolt and drive Spanish colonists from present-day New Mexico21
60451037801692Spanish return to New Mexico22
60451037811696Spanish crush last Pueblo revolt in New Mexico23
60451037821607Jamestown founded24
60451037831608Pilgrims flee to Holland from England25
60451037841612Tobacco production established in Virginia26
60451037851619First African workers arrive in Virginia Virginia House of Burgesses meets for first time27
60451037861620Pilgrims found Plymouth colony28
60451037871620sEnglish colonization accelerates in the Caribbean29
60451037881622Powhatan Indians attack English colony in Virginia30
60451037891624Dutch establish settlement on Manhattan Island31
60451037901629New Hampshire and Maine established32
60451037911630Puritans establish Massachusetts Bay colony at Boston33
60451037921634First English settlements founded in Maryland34
60451037931635Hartford settled in Connecticut35
60451037941636Roger Williams founds settlement in Rhode Island36
60451037951637Anna Hutchinson expelled from Massachusetts Bay colony Pequot War fought37
60451037961638Swedes and Finns establish New Sweden on the Delaware River38
60451037971642 - 1649English Civil War39
60451037981644Last major Powhatan uprising against English settlers in Virginia40
60451037991649Charles I executed41
60451038001655Civil war in Maryland temporarily unseats Catholic proprietor42
60451038011660English Restoration: Charles II becomes king First Navigation Act passed43
60451038021663Carolina colony chartered Second Navigation Act passed44
60451038031664English capture New Netherland New Jersey chartered45
60451038041673Third Navigation Act passed46
60451038051675 - 1676King Philip's War in New England47
60451038061676Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia48
60451038071681William Penn receives charter for Pennsylvania49
60451038081685James II becomes king50
60451038091686Dominion of New England established51
60451038101688Glorious Revolution in England: William and Mary ascend throne52
60451038111689Glorious Revolution in America: rebellion breaks out against Andros in New England Leisler leads rebellion in New York53
60451038121732Georgia chartered54
60451038131636Harvard College founded in Massachusetts55
60451038141640Instability in tobacco markets begins56
60451038151647Massachusetts law requires a public school in every town57
60451038161650Population of New England begins to grow by natural increase58
60451038171662halfway Covenant established in New England59
60451038181670sFlow of indentured servants declines Slave traders begin importing slaves directly from Africa to North America60
60451038191685Edict of Nanets revoked in France; Huguenots begin migrating to North America61
60451038201690sRice production becomes central to South Carolina economy Slave trade expands as prices decline62
60451038211691Official toleration of Catholics ends in Maryland63
60451038221692Witchcraft trials begin in Salem64
60451038231693College of William and Mary founded in Virginia65
60451038241697Royal African Company monopoly of slave trade broken; slave importations begin to increase66
60451038251701Yale College founded in Connecticut67
60451038261708 - 1709First major migration of Palatinate Germans to North America begins68
60451038271710Major Scotch-Irish migrations to North America begin German-Swiss establish settlements in North Carolina69
60451038281720Cotton Mather initiates smallpox inoculations in Massachusetts70
60451038291734Great Awakening begins in Massachusetts Peter Zenger tried in New York71
60451038301739George Whitefield arrives in North America Great Awakening intensifies Stono slave rebellion in South Carolina72
60451038311740sIndigo production begins in South Carolina73
60451038321746College of New Jersey founded at Princeton74
60451038331754Kings College(later Columbia University) founded in New York75
60451038341755Academy and College of Philadelphia(later University of Pennsylvania) founded76
60451038351764Major ironworks established in New Jersey77
60451038361713Treaty of Utrecht concludes Queen Anne's War78
60451038371718New Orleans founded to serve French plantation economy in Louisiana79
60451038381744 - 1748King George's War80
60451038391749French construct fortress in Ohio Valley81
60451038401754Albany Plan for intercolonial cooperation rejected Battle of Fort Duquesne begins French and Indian War82
60451038411756Seven Years' War begins in Europe83
60451038421757British policies provoke riots in New York84
60451038431758Pitt returns authority to colonial assemblies British capture Louisbourg fortress and Fort Dequesne85
60451038441759British forces under Wolfe capture Quebec86
60451038451760George III becomes King French army surrenders to Amherst at Montreal87
60451038461763Peace of Paris ends Seven Years' (and French and Indian) War Grenville becomes prime minister Proclamation of 1763 restricts western settlement Paxton uprising in Pennsylvania88
60451038471764Sugar Act passed Currency Act passed89
60451038481765Stamp Act crisis Mutiny Act passed90
60451038491766Stamp Act repealed Declaratory Act passed91
60451038501767Townshend duties imposed92
60451038511768Boston, New York, and Philadelphia merchants make nonimportation agreement93
60451038521770Boston Massacre Most Townshend duties repealed94
60451038531771Regulator movement quelled in North Carolina95
60451038541772Committees of correspondence established in Boston Gaspee incident in Rhode Island96
60451038551773Tea Act passed Bostonians stage tea party97
60451038561774Intolerable Acts passed First Continental Congress meets at Philadelphia North Carolina women sign Edenton Proclamation calling for boycott of British goods98
60451038571775Clashes at Lexington and Concord begin American Revolution99
60451038581774Shawnee defeated by Virginia militia in Lord Dunmore's War100
60451038591775Second Continental Congress meets George Washington appointed to command American forces Battle of Bunker Hill Montgomery assault on Quebec fails101
60451038601776Thomas 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
60451038611777Articles 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
60451038621778French-American alliance established Clinton replaces Howe British leave Philadelphia War shifts to the South British capture Savannah104
60451038631780British 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
60451038641781Battles of Cowpens and Guilford Court House Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown Articles of Confederation ratified Continental impost proposed106
60451038651781 - 1784States cede western lands to Confederation107
60451038661782American militiamen massacre Delaware Indians in Ohio108
60451038671783Treaty of Paris with Great Britain recognizes American independence Slavery abolished in Massachusetts109
60451038681784Postwar depression begins, aggravating currency problems110
60451038691784 - 1785First ordinance establishing procedures for settling western lands enacted111
60451038701786Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom passed112
60451038711786 - 1787Shay's Rebellion in Massachusetts113
60451038721787Northwest Ordinance enacted114
60451038731789John Carroll named first bishop of Catholic Church of the United States115
60451038741792Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women published in the United States116
60451038751794Anthony Wayne defeats Indians in Ohio117
60451038761783Confederation Congress leaves Philadelphia118
60451038771785Confederation Congress settles in New York119
60451038781786Annapolis Conference meets120
60451038791787Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia meets Constitution adopted (September 17)121
60451038801787 - 1788States ratify Constitution122
60451038811789First 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
60451038821791Hamilton issues "Reports on Manufactures" First Bank of the United States chartered Vermont becomes fourteenth states124
60451038831792Washington reelected without opposition Kentucky becomes fifteenth state125
60451038841793Citizen Genet affair challenges American neutrality126
60451038851794Whiskey Rebellion quelled in Pennsylvania Jay's Treaty signed127
60451038861795Pinckney's Treaty signed128
60451038871796John Adams elected president Tennessee becomes sixteenth state129
60451038881768XYZ Affair precipitates state of quasi war with France Alien and Sedition Acts passed Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions passed130
60451038891800Jefferson and Burr tie vote in electoral college131
60451038901801Jefferson becomes president after Congress confirms election Judiciary Act of 1801 passed132
60451038911769James Watt patents steam engine133
60451038921778Phillips Academy founded in Andover, Massachusetts134
60451038931779Universalist Church founded135
60451038941781Phillips Exeter Academy founded in New Hampshire136
60451038951782Unitarian Church founded in Boston137
60451038961784Judith Sargent Murray publishes essay on rights of women Methodist Church formally established138
60451038971789Massachusetts public schools admit females139
60451038981790Samuel Slater builds textile mill, first modern factory in America, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island140
60451038991792Toll road constructed from Philadelphia to Lancaster141
60451039001793Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin142
60451039011794 - 1796Thomas Paine's "The Age of Reason" published143
60451039021800United States capital moves to Washington DC Gabriel Prosser's plans for slave rebellion foiled144
60451039031801Second Great Awakening begins John Marshall appointed cheif justice145
60451039041801 - 1805Conflict with Tripoli146
60451039051802Jefferson abolishes all internal federal taxes United States Military Academy founded at West Point147
60451039061803Napoleonic Wars escalate in Europe Louisiana Territory purchased from French Supreme Court establishes power of Judicial Review in Marbury vs. Madison148
60451039071804Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in duel Thomas Jefferson reelected President149
60451039081804 - 1806Lewis and Clark, and Zebulon Pike, explore Louisiana Territory150
60451039091805British defeat French at Trafalgar151
60451039101806Burr charged with conspiracy152
60451039111806 - 1807Napoleon issues Berlin and Milan decrees153
60451039121807Fulton and Livingston launch the first steamboat Burr tried and acquitted for conspiracy Chesapeake-Leopard incident with Great Britain Embargo beings154
60451039131808Economy plunges into depression Madison is elected President155
60451039141809Embargo Act repealed Non-Intercourse Act passed Tecumseh establishes tribal confederacy156
60451039151810Macon's Bill No. 2 reopens trade with Britain and France United States annexes West Florida157
60451039161811Harrison is victorious in Battle of Tippecanoe158
60451039171812United States declares war on Great Britain (June 18th) Madison reelected President Louisiana admitted to Union as a state159
60451039181813British 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
60451039191814Jackson, 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
60451039201815Jackson wins Battle of New Orleans Naval war fought with ALgiers162
60451039211828Websters American Dictionary of the English Language published163
60451039221813Francis Lowell establishes textile factories in Waltham, Massachusetts164
60451039231815US signs treaties with tribes taking western lands from Indians165
60451039241816Second Bank of the United STates chartered Monroe elected president Tariff protects textile industry from foreign competition Indiana enters Union166
60451039251817Madison vetoes internal improvements bill Mississippi enters Union167
60451039261818Jackson invades Florida, ends first Seminole War Illinois enters Union168
60451039271819Commercial 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
60451039281819 - 1820Stephen H. Long explores Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado170
60451039291820Missouri Compromise enacted Monroe reelected President without opposition171
60451039301821Mexico wins independence from Spain William Becknell opens trade between US territories and New Mexico172
60451039311822Rocky Mountain Fur Company established173
60451039321823Monroe Doctrine proclaimed174
60451039331824John Quincy Adams wins disputed presidential election175
60451039341826Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on July 4th176
60451039351827Creek Indians cede lands to Georgia177
60451039361828"Tariff of Abominations" passed Andrew Jackson elected President178

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