1500’s
SPANISH EXPLORATION
NEW WORLD
GOLD
POWERFUL COUNTRY
French and English
NORTH AMERICA
JAMESTOWN 1607
MAYFLOWER COMPACT 1620
GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS 1689
GREAT AWAKENING 1730’S AND 40’S
7 YEARS WAR
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
TREATY OF PARIS 1763
PROCLAMATION OF 1763
TAXES ON COLONIST
BOSTON MASSACRE 1770
COLONIST UNITE
BOSTON TEA PARTY 1773
INTOLERABLE ACTS
1 ST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS1774
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD 1775
COMMON SENSE 1776
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1776
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION 1777
BATTLE OF SARATOGA 1777
BATTLE OF YORKTOWN 1781
RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY OF PARIS of 1783
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION 1777
SHAYS REBELLION 1786 Articles of Confederation not working
James Madison Father of the Constitution Took all notes of the proceedings
CONSTITUTION 1787 Six principles of the constitution 1.Federalism 2.Individual Rights 3. Limited Gov’t 4. Popular Sovereignty 5.Republic Gov’t. 6. Sep. of Powers & Checks and Balances
Constitution Article I Legislative Body Makes Laws 2 Houses Senate and House of Representatives Great Compromise: Equal Representation (Senate), Population (House of Representatives)
Constitution Article 2 Qualifications of the Executive Branch Enforces laws Presidents and VP
Constitution Article 3 Judicial Branch Interprets laws Judicial Review
FEDERALIST /ANTI- FEDERALIST Federalist papers Strong Central Government Opposition wants individual rights listed (anti- federalist)
BILL OF RIGHTS 1791 First 10 Amendments Ratified in 1791
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE 1787 Allow states to enter on even footing with other states
GEORGE WASHINGTON CABINET WHISKEY REBELLION JAYS TREATY 2 TERMS
JOHN ADAMS Jays Treaty XYZ Affair Alien and Sedition Act Nullification Resolution of Virginia and Kentucky