Continuation from Chapter 2
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| 6045103758 | 14,000 - 12,000 BCE | Asians begin migrating to North America across the Bering Strait | 0 | |
| 6045103759 | 1347 | Black Death begins in Europe | 1 | |
| 6045103760 | 1480s | Portuguese explorers travel down west coast of Africa in search of sea route to Asia | 2 | |
| 6045103761 | 1492 | Columbus sails west from Spain in search of Asia, reaches Bahama Islands in the Caribbean | 3 | |
| 6045103762 | 1494 | Papal decree divided New World between Spain and Portugal | 4 | |
| 6045103763 | 1497 | John Cabot establishes first English claim in North America | 5 | |
| 6045103764 | 1502 | First African slaves arrive in Spanish America | 6 | |
| 6045103765 | 1517 | Martin Luther challenges Catholic Church, sparking Protestant Reformation in Europe | 7 | |
| 6045103766 | 1518 - 1530 | Smallpox epidemic ravages Indian societies of Central and South America | 8 | |
| 6045103767 | 1519 - 1522 | Magellan expedition circumnavigates globe | 9 | |
| 6045103768 | 1521 | Cortes captures Tenochtitlan and conquers Aztec Empire in Mexico | 10 | |
| 6045103769 | 1532 - 1538 | Pizarro conquers Incas in Peru | 11 | |
| 6045103770 | 1558 | Elizabeth I ascends English throne | 12 | |
| 6045103771 | 1565 | St. Augustine founded in Florida | 13 | |
| 6045103772 | 1566 | English conquest of Ireland begins | 14 | |
| 6045103773 | 1587 | "Lost Colony" established on Roanoke Island | 15 | |
| 6045103774 | 1598 | Don Juan de Ornate establishes Spanish colony in present day New Mexico | 16 | |
| 6045103775 | 1603 | James I succeeds Elizabeth I in England | 17 | |
| 6045103776 | 1608 | French establishes Quebec, their first permanent settlement in America | 18 | |
| 6045103777 | 1609 | Spanish colonists found Santa Fe | 19 | |
| 6045103778 | 1624 | Dutch establish permanent settlements in what is now New York | 20 | |
| 6045103779 | 1680 | Pueblos revolt and drive Spanish colonists from present-day New Mexico | 21 | |
| 6045103780 | 1692 | Spanish return to New Mexico | 22 | |
| 6045103781 | 1696 | Spanish crush last Pueblo revolt in New Mexico | 23 | |
| 6045103782 | 1607 | Jamestown founded | 24 | |
| 6045103783 | 1608 | Pilgrims flee to Holland from England | 25 | |
| 6045103784 | 1612 | Tobacco production established in Virginia | 26 | |
| 6045103785 | 1619 | First African workers arrive in Virginia Virginia House of Burgesses meets for first time | 27 | |
| 6045103786 | 1620 | Pilgrims found Plymouth colony | 28 | |
| 6045103787 | 1620s | English colonization accelerates in the Caribbean | 29 | |
| 6045103788 | 1622 | Powhatan Indians attack English colony in Virginia | 30 | |
| 6045103789 | 1624 | Dutch establish settlement on Manhattan Island | 31 | |
| 6045103790 | 1629 | New Hampshire and Maine established | 32 | |
| 6045103791 | 1630 | Puritans establish Massachusetts Bay colony at Boston | 33 | |
| 6045103792 | 1634 | First English settlements founded in Maryland | 34 | |
| 6045103793 | 1635 | Hartford settled in Connecticut | 35 | |
| 6045103794 | 1636 | Roger Williams founds settlement in Rhode Island | 36 | |
| 6045103795 | 1637 | Anna Hutchinson expelled from Massachusetts Bay colony Pequot War fought | 37 | |
| 6045103796 | 1638 | Swedes and Finns establish New Sweden on the Delaware River | 38 | |
| 6045103797 | 1642 - 1649 | English Civil War | 39 | |
| 6045103798 | 1644 | Last major Powhatan uprising against English settlers in Virginia | 40 | |
| 6045103799 | 1649 | Charles I executed | 41 | |
| 6045103800 | 1655 | Civil war in Maryland temporarily unseats Catholic proprietor | 42 | |
| 6045103801 | 1660 | English Restoration: Charles II becomes king First Navigation Act passed | 43 | |
| 6045103802 | 1663 | Carolina colony chartered Second Navigation Act passed | 44 | |
| 6045103803 | 1664 | English capture New Netherland New Jersey chartered | 45 | |
| 6045103804 | 1673 | Third Navigation Act passed | 46 | |
| 6045103805 | 1675 - 1676 | King Philip's War in New England | 47 | |
| 6045103806 | 1676 | Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia | 48 | |
| 6045103807 | 1681 | William Penn receives charter for Pennsylvania | 49 | |
| 6045103808 | 1685 | James II becomes king | 50 | |
| 6045103809 | 1686 | Dominion of New England established | 51 | |
| 6045103810 | 1688 | Glorious Revolution in England: William and Mary ascend throne | 52 | |
| 6045103811 | 1689 | Glorious Revolution in America: rebellion breaks out against Andros in New England Leisler leads rebellion in New York | 53 | |
| 6045103812 | 1732 | Georgia chartered | 54 | |
| 6045103813 | 1636 | Harvard College founded in Massachusetts | 55 | |
| 6045103814 | 1640 | Instability in tobacco markets begins | 56 | |
| 6045103815 | 1647 | Massachusetts law requires a public school in every town | 57 | |
| 6045103816 | 1650 | Population of New England begins to grow by natural increase | 58 | |
| 6045103817 | 1662 | halfway Covenant established in New England | 59 | |
| 6045103818 | 1670s | Flow of indentured servants declines Slave traders begin importing slaves directly from Africa to North America | 60 | |
| 6045103819 | 1685 | Edict of Nanets revoked in France; Huguenots begin migrating to North America | 61 | |
| 6045103820 | 1690s | Rice production becomes central to South Carolina economy Slave trade expands as prices decline | 62 | |
| 6045103821 | 1691 | Official toleration of Catholics ends in Maryland | 63 | |
| 6045103822 | 1692 | Witchcraft trials begin in Salem | 64 | |
| 6045103823 | 1693 | College of William and Mary founded in Virginia | 65 | |
| 6045103824 | 1697 | Royal African Company monopoly of slave trade broken; slave importations begin to increase | 66 | |
| 6045103825 | 1701 | Yale College founded in Connecticut | 67 | |
| 6045103826 | 1708 - 1709 | First major migration of Palatinate Germans to North America begins | 68 | |
| 6045103827 | 1710 | Major Scotch-Irish migrations to North America begin German-Swiss establish settlements in North Carolina | 69 | |
| 6045103828 | 1720 | Cotton Mather initiates smallpox inoculations in Massachusetts | 70 | |
| 6045103829 | 1734 | Great Awakening begins in Massachusetts Peter Zenger tried in New York | 71 | |
| 6045103830 | 1739 | George Whitefield arrives in North America Great Awakening intensifies Stono slave rebellion in South Carolina | 72 | |
| 6045103831 | 1740s | Indigo production begins in South Carolina | 73 | |
| 6045103832 | 1746 | College of New Jersey founded at Princeton | 74 | |
| 6045103833 | 1754 | Kings College(later Columbia University) founded in New York | 75 | |
| 6045103834 | 1755 | Academy and College of Philadelphia(later University of Pennsylvania) founded | 76 | |
| 6045103835 | 1764 | Major ironworks established in New Jersey | 77 | |
| 6045103836 | 1713 | Treaty of Utrecht concludes Queen Anne's War | 78 | |
| 6045103837 | 1718 | New Orleans founded to serve French plantation economy in Louisiana | 79 | |
| 6045103838 | 1744 - 1748 | King George's War | 80 | |
| 6045103839 | 1749 | French construct fortress in Ohio Valley | 81 | |
| 6045103840 | 1754 | Albany Plan for intercolonial cooperation rejected Battle of Fort Duquesne begins French and Indian War | 82 | |
| 6045103841 | 1756 | Seven Years' War begins in Europe | 83 | |
| 6045103842 | 1757 | British policies provoke riots in New York | 84 | |
| 6045103843 | 1758 | Pitt returns authority to colonial assemblies British capture Louisbourg fortress and Fort Dequesne | 85 | |
| 6045103844 | 1759 | British forces under Wolfe capture Quebec | 86 | |
| 6045103845 | 1760 | George III becomes King French army surrenders to Amherst at Montreal | 87 | |
| 6045103846 | 1763 | Peace of Paris ends Seven Years' (and French and Indian) War Grenville becomes prime minister Proclamation of 1763 restricts western settlement Paxton uprising in Pennsylvania | 88 | |
| 6045103847 | 1764 | Sugar Act passed Currency Act passed | 89 | |
| 6045103848 | 1765 | Stamp Act crisis Mutiny Act passed | 90 | |
| 6045103849 | 1766 | Stamp Act repealed Declaratory Act passed | 91 | |
| 6045103850 | 1767 | Townshend duties imposed | 92 | |
| 6045103851 | 1768 | Boston, New York, and Philadelphia merchants make nonimportation agreement | 93 | |
| 6045103852 | 1770 | Boston Massacre Most Townshend duties repealed | 94 | |
| 6045103853 | 1771 | Regulator movement quelled in North Carolina | 95 | |
| 6045103854 | 1772 | Committees of correspondence established in Boston Gaspee incident in Rhode Island | 96 | |
| 6045103855 | 1773 | Tea Act passed Bostonians stage tea party | 97 | |
| 6045103856 | 1774 | Intolerable Acts passed First Continental Congress meets at Philadelphia North Carolina women sign Edenton Proclamation calling for boycott of British goods | 98 | |
| 6045103857 | 1775 | Clashes at Lexington and Concord begin American Revolution | 99 | |
| 6045103858 | 1774 | Shawnee defeated by Virginia militia in Lord Dunmore's War | 100 | |
| 6045103859 | 1775 | Second Continental Congress meets George Washington appointed to command American forces Battle of Bunker Hill Montgomery assault on Quebec fails | 101 | |
| 6045103860 | 1776 | Thomas 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 written | 102 | |
| 6045103861 | 1777 | Articles of Confederation adopted Battles of Princeton, Bandywine, and Germantown Howe occupies Philadelphia Washington camps at valley Forge for winter Burgoyne surrenders to Gates at Saratoga | 103 | |
| 6045103862 | 1778 | French-American alliance established Clinton replaces Howe British leave Philadelphia War shifts to the South British capture Savannah | 104 | |
| 6045103863 | 1780 | British 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 Pennsylvania | 105 | |
| 6045103864 | 1781 | Battles of Cowpens and Guilford Court House Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown Articles of Confederation ratified Continental impost proposed | 106 | |
| 6045103865 | 1781 - 1784 | States cede western lands to Confederation | 107 | |
| 6045103866 | 1782 | American militiamen massacre Delaware Indians in Ohio | 108 | |
| 6045103867 | 1783 | Treaty of Paris with Great Britain recognizes American independence Slavery abolished in Massachusetts | 109 | |
| 6045103868 | 1784 | Postwar depression begins, aggravating currency problems | 110 | |
| 6045103869 | 1784 - 1785 | First ordinance establishing procedures for settling western lands enacted | 111 | |
| 6045103870 | 1786 | Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom passed | 112 | |
| 6045103871 | 1786 - 1787 | Shay's Rebellion in Massachusetts | 113 | |
| 6045103872 | 1787 | Northwest Ordinance enacted | 114 | |
| 6045103873 | 1789 | John Carroll named first bishop of Catholic Church of the United States | 115 | |
| 6045103874 | 1792 | Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women published in the United States | 116 | |
| 6045103875 | 1794 | Anthony Wayne defeats Indians in Ohio | 117 | |
| 6045103876 | 1783 | Confederation Congress leaves Philadelphia | 118 | |
| 6045103877 | 1785 | Confederation Congress settles in New York | 119 | |
| 6045103878 | 1786 | Annapolis Conference meets | 120 | |
| 6045103879 | 1787 | Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia meets Constitution adopted (September 17) | 121 | |
| 6045103880 | 1787 - 1788 | States ratify Constitution | 122 | |
| 6045103881 | 1789 | First 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 begins | 123 | |
| 6045103882 | 1791 | Hamilton issues "Reports on Manufactures" First Bank of the United States chartered Vermont becomes fourteenth states | 124 | |
| 6045103883 | 1792 | Washington reelected without opposition Kentucky becomes fifteenth state | 125 | |
| 6045103884 | 1793 | Citizen Genet affair challenges American neutrality | 126 | |
| 6045103885 | 1794 | Whiskey Rebellion quelled in Pennsylvania Jay's Treaty signed | 127 | |
| 6045103886 | 1795 | Pinckney's Treaty signed | 128 | |
| 6045103887 | 1796 | John Adams elected president Tennessee becomes sixteenth state | 129 | |
| 6045103888 | 1768 | XYZ Affair precipitates state of quasi war with France Alien and Sedition Acts passed Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions passed | 130 | |
| 6045103889 | 1800 | Jefferson and Burr tie vote in electoral college | 131 | |
| 6045103890 | 1801 | Jefferson becomes president after Congress confirms election Judiciary Act of 1801 passed | 132 | |
| 6045103891 | 1769 | James Watt patents steam engine | 133 | |
| 6045103892 | 1778 | Phillips Academy founded in Andover, Massachusetts | 134 | |
| 6045103893 | 1779 | Universalist Church founded | 135 | |
| 6045103894 | 1781 | Phillips Exeter Academy founded in New Hampshire | 136 | |
| 6045103895 | 1782 | Unitarian Church founded in Boston | 137 | |
| 6045103896 | 1784 | Judith Sargent Murray publishes essay on rights of women Methodist Church formally established | 138 | |
| 6045103897 | 1789 | Massachusetts public schools admit females | 139 | |
| 6045103898 | 1790 | Samuel Slater builds textile mill, first modern factory in America, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island | 140 | |
| 6045103899 | 1792 | Toll road constructed from Philadelphia to Lancaster | 141 | |
| 6045103900 | 1793 | Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin | 142 | |
| 6045103901 | 1794 - 1796 | Thomas Paine's "The Age of Reason" published | 143 | |
| 6045103902 | 1800 | United States capital moves to Washington DC Gabriel Prosser's plans for slave rebellion foiled | 144 | |
| 6045103903 | 1801 | Second Great Awakening begins John Marshall appointed cheif justice | 145 | |
| 6045103904 | 1801 - 1805 | Conflict with Tripoli | 146 | |
| 6045103905 | 1802 | Jefferson abolishes all internal federal taxes United States Military Academy founded at West Point | 147 | |
| 6045103906 | 1803 | Napoleonic Wars escalate in Europe Louisiana Territory purchased from French Supreme Court establishes power of Judicial Review in Marbury vs. Madison | 148 | |
| 6045103907 | 1804 | Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in duel Thomas Jefferson reelected President | 149 | |
| 6045103908 | 1804 - 1806 | Lewis and Clark, and Zebulon Pike, explore Louisiana Territory | 150 | |
| 6045103909 | 1805 | British defeat French at Trafalgar | 151 | |
| 6045103910 | 1806 | Burr charged with conspiracy | 152 | |
| 6045103911 | 1806 - 1807 | Napoleon issues Berlin and Milan decrees | 153 | |
| 6045103912 | 1807 | Fulton and Livingston launch the first steamboat Burr tried and acquitted for conspiracy Chesapeake-Leopard incident with Great Britain Embargo beings | 154 | |
| 6045103913 | 1808 | Economy plunges into depression Madison is elected President | 155 | |
| 6045103914 | 1809 | Embargo Act repealed Non-Intercourse Act passed Tecumseh establishes tribal confederacy | 156 | |
| 6045103915 | 1810 | Macon's Bill No. 2 reopens trade with Britain and France United States annexes West Florida | 157 | |
| 6045103916 | 1811 | Harrison is victorious in Battle of Tippecanoe | 158 | |
| 6045103917 | 1812 | United States declares war on Great Britain (June 18th) Madison reelected President Louisiana admitted to Union as a state | 159 | |
| 6045103918 | 1813 | British 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 Tecumseh | 160 | |
| 6045103919 | 1814 | Jackson, 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 signed | 161 | |
| 6045103920 | 1815 | Jackson wins Battle of New Orleans Naval war fought with ALgiers | 162 | |
| 6045103921 | 1828 | Websters American Dictionary of the English Language published | 163 | |
| 6045103922 | 1813 | Francis Lowell establishes textile factories in Waltham, Massachusetts | 164 | |
| 6045103923 | 1815 | US signs treaties with tribes taking western lands from Indians | 165 | |
| 6045103924 | 1816 | Second Bank of the United STates chartered Monroe elected president Tariff protects textile industry from foreign competition Indiana enters Union | 166 | |
| 6045103925 | 1817 | Madison vetoes internal improvements bill Mississippi enters Union | 167 | |
| 6045103926 | 1818 | Jackson invades Florida, ends first Seminole War Illinois enters Union | 168 | |
| 6045103927 | 1819 | Commercial 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 Union | 169 | |
| 6045103928 | 1819 - 1820 | Stephen H. Long explores Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado | 170 | |
| 6045103929 | 1820 | Missouri Compromise enacted Monroe reelected President without opposition | 171 | |
| 6045103930 | 1821 | Mexico wins independence from Spain William Becknell opens trade between US territories and New Mexico | 172 | |
| 6045103931 | 1822 | Rocky Mountain Fur Company established | 173 | |
| 6045103932 | 1823 | Monroe Doctrine proclaimed | 174 | |
| 6045103933 | 1824 | John Quincy Adams wins disputed presidential election | 175 | |
| 6045103934 | 1826 | Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on July 4th | 176 | |
| 6045103935 | 1827 | Creek Indians cede lands to Georgia | 177 | |
| 6045103936 | 1828 | "Tariff of Abominations" passed Andrew Jackson elected President | 178 |
