Spanish under Onate conquer Pueblo people of Rio Grande valley
Virginia colony founded at Jamestown
First Africans arrive at Jamestown
Virginia House of Burgresses established
First Africans arrived at Virginia
Pilgrims sail on the Mayflower to Plymouth Bay
Rhode Island founded
Roger Williams convicted of heresy and founds Rhode Island colony
Connecticut and New Haven colonies founded
Harvard College founded
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut written
Rhode Island drafts Constitution
English Civil War
Toleration Act of Maryland
King Phillip's War
Bacon's Rebellion
John Zenger free press trial
French and Indian War
Albany Congress self government
Peace of Paris
Pontiac's uprising
Proclamation of 1763
Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Stamp Act Congress
Townshend Act
NY legislature suspended by Congress
Boston Massacre, all Townshend Acts except tea tax repealed
British East India Company granted tea monopoly
Governor Autchinson's action provoke Boston Tea Party
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Second Continental Congress
Americans capture Brit garrissons Ticonderoga and Crown Pant, Battle of Bunker Hill, King George III proclaims colonies in rebellion, failed invasion of Canada
Common Sense published, Declaration of Independence, Battle of Trenton
Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Saratoga
French-American alliance, Battle of Mammath
Battle of King's Mountaion, Battle of Coupens, Greene leads Carolina campaign, Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
Treaty of Paris
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Shay's Rebellion; Articles of Confederation to be revised by 5 states
Northwest Ordinance; Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
French Revolution; Constitution ratified; Washington elected; Judiciary Act of 1789
First official census
Bill of Rights adopted; Vermont becomes state; Bank of U.S. made; excise tax passed
Federalists S. Demo. Repubs form; Louis XVI beheaded, radials take France; France declares haven Brit and Spain, Washington's Neutrality Proclamation; Cheen Genet affair
Adams becomes president; XYZ affair
Mandury vs. Madison; Louisiana Purchase
Chesapeake affair; Embargo Act
U.S. declares war on Britain (War of 1812)
Battle of Plattsburgh, Washington burned by Brits, Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Treaty of Ghent signed
Missouri Compromise, Missouri and Maine in Union; Land Act of 1820; Monroe elected
Secretary Adams purposes Monroe Doctrine
Tariff of 1829; Jackson elected president; South Carolina Exposition published
Jackson vetoes BUS charter; Tariff of 1832; Black Hawk War; Jackson defeats Clay for presidency