The American Revolution and Its Aftermath: A Timeline of Key Events, Quizzes of United States History

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TERM 1 Spain + Portugal DEFINITION 1 Head south, gold + minerals, Cortes, Aztecs TERM 2 French DEFINITION 2 Major power, Canada, fur TERM 3 Holland DEFINITION 3 Hudson River, New Amsterdam TERM 4 Sweden DEFINITION 4 Delaware River TERM 5 England DEFINITION 5 1581 -- Richard Hakluyt -- "On Western Plantation", TERM 6 1590's DEFINITION 6 Humphrey Gilbert: New Foundland, failed and died out, Walter Raleigh: Roanoke, "Croatan", failed and disappeared TERM 7 1600 DEFINITION 7 1/2 territory is French, 1/2 territory is Spanish TERM 8 1607 DEFINITION 8 England, 3rd attempt, Stock colony granted by James, no investors actually resided, ne'er do wells resided TERM 9 Virginia DEFINITION 9 1607, James River/Jamestown, started as failure, with discovery of tobacco/nicotine (and later cotton) boomed, plantation model, producers gained tons of capital TERM 10 Puritans DEFINITION 10 Flee England for "safety", God will smite England, "Pilgrims" TERM 21 Religion DEFINITION 21 18th century: all colonies but 2 had plantations, 9 had church of England, all required to attend, religion = morality, tolerationallowed(different denominations ofChristianityaccepted) TERM 22 1740 DEFINITION 22 George Whitefield arrives from Britain, spreads teachings of Methodism, all people vile and unable to be saved, must cry out to God, will feel salvation, "holy laugh" "holy roll" etc., split colonies between new lights ("living" church) and old lights (church as it was), created unity through inter-colonial communication TERM 23 Education DEFINITION 23 Wealthiest go to college (Harvard 1st in 1636), Jefferson/Adams/etc. attended college, common education (at least at higher levels) allowed for common communication through empirical thinking (5 senses), religion starts to fade as primary holder of views TERM 24 Salvatory Neglect DEFINITION 24 Britain had US but paid no attention, self-governed for necessity, 2 houses of representation and taxes to pay for colonial needs (taxes must pay for something local and able to be seen) TERM 25 Mercantilism DEFINITION 25 Nations get rich through manipulation of colonies TERM 26 Navigation Acts DEFINITION 26 1. trade between England and colonies only, done on English ships2.Can only buy from EnglandCan only sell to England TERM 27 1755 DEFINITION 27 French begin building settlement in today's area of Pittsburgh, whoever held it held key to continent, Virginia reacts and sends Braddock/Washington to stop French, ambushed by natives allied with French TERM 28 1763 DEFINITION 28 England captures key locals to oust French, skirmish with Ottowas and Chief Pontiac,lose more troops than whole war, sign treaty, 2 state solution, draw line down Appalachians (Proclamationline): no natives east of/no settlers west of, pisses of colonists TERM 29 1765 DEFINITION 29 Tax passed: Stamp Tax, documentation needed of payment, US say never!, Sons of Liberty emerge and commit heinous acts TERM 30 Stamp Act Congress DEFINITION 30 9/13 showed up, pass 3 resolutions: Non importation - nothing from England allowed in, non exportation - nothing to England, non consumption: nothing already here to be used TERM 31 1763 DEFINITION 31 Proclamation line, Grenville taxes (Stamp), Navigation acts enforced, Writs of Assistance: military personnel and tax agents to search any and all homes (hatred results in 4th amendment) TERM 32 Declaratory Act DEFINITION 32 passed after canceling stamp act, London is government of English speaking world, power not local, elected officials in US don't matter TERM 33 1767 DEFINITION 33 Townsend passes more taxes, repeats and Quartering Act passed: citizens carry all responsibility for comfort and living quarters of British military TERM 34 March 1770 DEFINITION 34 Boston tavern ---> Boston massacre, all taxes minus 1 lifted, tax on tea remains TERM 35 1763 DEFINITION 35 English had taken India and Canada, Monopoly on tea given (British East Indian Company), 1st shipment arrives in colonies, Sons of Liberty dump (Boston Tea Party) TERM 46 July 2 1776 DEFINITION 46 All agree to breakaway TERM 47 July 7 1776 DEFINITION 47 Declaration of Independence written, day of signing tinged with air of ultimate failure as colonial military begins to lag TERM 48 Phase I, 1775- 80 DEFINITION 48 Brit's plan to divde and conquer the colonies, Gage ordered to defeat/capture Washington's army, goes after capital instead, takes New York, encountersguerrillawarfare TERM 49 1777 DEFINITION 49 Gage at "Battle" of Saratoga, wake up to find they have been trapped, surrender, word spreads, Culminates in foreign assistance TERM 50 1778 - 1783 DEFINITION 50 Brits attempt to capture south and fail TERM 51 1781 DEFINITION 51 Complete British surrender TERM 52 1783 DEFINITION 52 Peace talks culminate: Brit give up 13 states, US gain land up to Mississippi TERM 53 Articles of Confederacy DEFINITION 53 1783: Congress meets in Philly, one vote each, 13 delegates total, can do virtually nothing in all actuality, no national military, individual nations, no right to raise taxes TERM 54 Massachusetts 1786 DEFINITION 54 Shays Rebellion, Poor should march on Boston/Burn it down/And start over, militia had hard time putting an end to it, began to realize it could happen elsewhere TERM 55 Philly May - Sept 1787 DEFINITION 55 Scrap and start over, 55 men show up (no election needed), devise new government, write Constitution, 3 branches of government, set models for future generations "Mr. President" TERM 56 1787 DEFINITION 56 Written in Constitution there would be no more importation of slaves, 3/5 compromise devised as well, created The U.S.A. (opposed by Jefferson, Adams, and Henry) TERM 57 Federalist Papers DEFINITION 57 Debates over what the Constitution held: Madison vs. Jay/Hamilton TERM 58 Government of 1787 DEFINITION 58 Pres: Washington, Sec. of State: Jefferson, Sec. of Treasury: Hamilton, Bill of Rights created TERM 59 1789 DEFINITION 59 First budget put forth by Hamilton: 1. US will assume all debts accrued on soil since 1763, 2. Raising taxes onliquor, 3. Tariff on all imported manufactured goods (forcedaccelerated industrialization), 4. Create National Bank of US (Charter from 1789 - 1811) TERM 60 1791 - 1794 DEFINITION 60 Cash comes in from taxes, military building begins, lands being taken from natives, Whiskey rebellion because of unhappiness over liquor tax TERM 71 Summer 1815 DEFINITION 71 Britain defeats Napoleon at Waterloo, "we" defeated the British! TERM 72 1818 DEFINITION 72 Bully Brits for 49th parellel TERM 73 1819 DEFINITION 73 Jackson invades Spanish Florida and overtakes TERM 74 1823 DEFINITION 74 Monroe and the Monroe Doctrine: No one allowed to interfere in the Western Hemisphere but us. TERM 75 1816 and 1820 DEFINITION 75 In the midst of the "Era of Good Feelings", only two uncontested elections ever TERM 76 "The American Plan" DEFINITION 76 Calhoun, Webster, and Clay: High tariff, Bank re-chartered, Internal improvement TERM 77 1808 DEFINITION 77 Slave trade ends, in '89 there are 7 N.S. States, 7 S States, 4 more join N.S., 4 more join S TERM 78 1819 DEFINITION 78 Missouri wants admittance as a slave state, first objections and slavery as a "sin" seen, TERM 79 1820 DEFINITION 79 Compromise reached after stopping government, Missouri is a slave state, Maine will join as non-slave state, 36 30 line drawn for those states who can have slavery and those who can't TERM 80 Election of 1824 DEFINITION 80 Crawford (pro-slave), Adams (stop slave), Clay (ignores slave), Jackson (vote for me!), deadlocked, brought to House, Adam and Clay make a deal TERM 81 1826 DEFINITION 81 Prepping for July 4th, 50th anniversary of Declaration, 2 signers alive (Jefferson and Adams), both die, seen as "divine disfavor" TERM 82 1827 DEFINITION 82 Andrew Jackson, spit on the brit (13), slut TERM 83 1828 DEFINITION 83 Jackson vs. Adams, fights dirty, wins in a landslide, "ya'll come" atinauguration, trash white house, fires all government workers and replaces with those who voted for him, Peggy Timberlake debacle (marries Eaton (secretary of war), shunned, Jackson fights back) TERM 84 1831 DEFINITION 84 Calhoun threatens secession over Peggy Timberlake debacle, Jackson "no one will divide nation while i'm president" TERM 85 1829 - 1881 DEFINITION 85 Spoils system, hire those who voted for you, TERM 96 1844 DEFINITION 96 Polk vs. Clay (Whig), Polk wins,immediatelygoes into action, everyone talks war, Polk makes deal with Brits for Juan de Fuca, 49thparallelestablished, Begins Mexican war over Nueces vs. Rio Grande border for Texas TERM 97 1847 DEFINITION 97 War ends with Mexico, forces sell of desired lands TERM 98 Election of 1848 DEFINITION 98 Taylor (Whig, Louisiana, Slave owner, hero) vs. Leuss Cass (Dem, Michigan, Not, not), agree need to relax, the new lands empty so slavery not issue yet, Taylor wins TERM 99 1849 DEFINITION 99 Gold discovered in California, 100,000 people move in in 1 year, want to be a new state TERM 100 1850 DEFINITION 100 California desires to be a state that is non-slave (south wants them to be pro-slave), south threatens to leave, Clay/Calhoun/Webster make compromise: California is non- slave, rest of taken lands is slave, pass fugitive slave act: any runaway slaves caught anywhere must be returned, making whole nation a part of slavery TERM 101 1852 DEFINITION 101 Uncle Tom's Cabin published by Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist, banned by southern states TERM 102 1854 DEFINITION 102 Ostend Manifesto --- More slavery!, Kansas Nebraska Act (Passes in 1855) --- Let every state decide what they want to be, wars break out in states: Kansas Pro-slave vs. anti-slave TERM 103 May 1856 DEFINITION 103 May: John Brown and sons attack pro-slave settlement, killing 5 men, 2 days later: Senator Sumner attacks fellow pro- slavery senator, nephew beats him silly, Republican party emerges -- contain slavery! TERM 104 November 1856 DEFINITION 104 November: Fremont (Repub) vs. Buchanan, Buchanan wins, could have won with votes from Penn and ill/Ind TERM 105 1857 DEFINITION 105 Should south stay? TERM 106 1848 - 61 DEFINITION 106 Immigration surge, primarily into non-slave states TERM 107 1858 DEFINITION 107 Oregon going to join as non-slave state, south knows all will, decide to leave TERM 108 Election of 1860 DEFINITION 108 Lincoln wins, South Carolina declares independence (followed by Texas, Louisiana, Georgia... etc.) Confederate States of America TERM 109 April 1861 - 65 DEFINITION 109 War is on, results in 13/14/and 15 amendment (abolish slavery, make them citizens, let them vote) south refuses amendments TERM 110 1865 DEFINITION 110 Troops sent to enforce