Timeline

1500-1607 16th Century European Exploration Iroquois Federation 4 European Exploration Iroquois Federation Roanoke Colony Walter Raleigh

1607-1699 17th Century Jamestown Mayflower Compact 12 Jamestown John Smith tobacco Mayflower Compact Massachusetts Bay Colony Bacon’s Rebellion Glorious Revolution Salem Witch Trials

1732-1773 18th Century 1st Great Awakening French and Indian War 20 1st Great Awakening French and Indian War George III becomes king Proclamation of 1763 Stamp Act Townshend Acts Sons of Liberty Boston Massacre

1773-1776 18th Century Tea Act Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts 29 Tea Act Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts 1st Continental Congress Bill of Rights 2nd Continental Congress Lexington & Concord American Revolution Common Sense

1776-179318th Century Declaration of Independence Valley Forge 38 Declaration of Independence Valley Forge Articles of Confederation Treaty of Paris 1783 Shay’s Rebellion Constitution in effect George Washington’s elected John Adams elected Eli Whitney’s cotton gin

1793-1800 18th Century Fugitive Slave Act Whiskey Rebellion 42 Fugitive Slave Act Whiskey Rebellion Alien and Sedition Acts Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions

1800-1814 19th Century 1800 Election Marbury v. Madison 50 1800 Election Marbury v. Madison Louisiana Purchase 12th Amendment Burr-Hamilton duel Lewis & Clark Expedition Embargo Act War of 1812

1814-1828 19th Century Treaty of Ghent Battle of New Orleans 58 Treaty of Ghent Battle of New Orleans Adams-Onis Treaty McCulloch v. Maryland Missouri Compromise Monroe Doctrine John Quincy Adams elected (The Corrupt Deal) Erie Canal finished

1828-1833 19th Century Nullification Crisis Andrew Jackson elected 66 Nullification Crisis Andrew Jackson elected 2nd Great Awakening Oregon Trail Indian Removal Act Nat Turner rebellion The Liberator begins Cyrus McCormick’s reaper

1833-1847 19th Century Jackson’s war on the Bank Texas Revolution 72 Jackson’s war on the Bank Texas Revolution Van Buren recognizes the Republic of Texas Trail of Tears Texas annexed Mexican-American War

1848-1858 19th Century Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 80 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo California Gold Rush Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act Gadsden Purchase James Buchanan elected Dred Scott v. Sandford Lincoln-Douglas debates

1859-1862 19th Century Harper’s Ferry Abraham Lincoln elected 1860 87 Harper’s Ferry Abraham Lincoln elected 1860 S. C. seceded Jefferson Davis elected 1861 Ft. Sumter Bull Run Homestead Act

1862 -1865 19th Century Antietam Gettysburg Emancipation Proclamation 95 Antietam Gettysburg Emancipation Proclamation Vicksburg Sherman’s March Lee’s surrender Lincoln’s assassination Alaska Purchase

1865-1885 19th Century 13th Amendment 14th Amendment 15th Amendment 103 13th Amendment 14th Amendment 15th Amendment Reconstruction Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone Thomas Edison’s light bulb Tombstone, Arizona Territory Chinese Exclusion Act

1885-1900 19th Century Dawes Act Plessey v Ferguson 109 Dawes Act Plessey v Ferguson Spanish-American War Hawaiian Revolution Open Door Policy Boxer Rebellion

1900-1940 20th Century Teddy Roosevelt Henry Ford’s Model T WWI 116 Teddy Roosevelt Henry Ford’s Model T WWI Wall Street Crash Great Depression FDR Dust Bowl

1940-1955 20th Century Pearl Harbor WWII D-Day 124 Pearl Harbor WWII D-Day A-bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki Korean War Eisenhower Era Brown v Board of Education Rosa Parks

1950-1981 20th Century Martin Luther King Jr. Cuban Missile Crisis 132 Martin Luther King Jr. Cuban Missile Crisis JFK assassination Vietnam Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall Moon landing Nixon resigns Iran hostage crisis

1981- now 20th Century Justice Sandra Day O’Connor 141 Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Fall of the Berlin Wall Gulf War Oklahoma City 9-11 Afghanistan Al-Qaeda Obama ISIS