APUSH TIMELINE

  • Albany Plan

    Albany Plan

    A meeting Jefferson held to talk about the approaching conflict with France and alliances with the Iroquois
  • Fort Necessity

    Fort Necessity

    Washington lead a militia into the Ohio Valley to challenge French expansion and after an unsuccessful assault Washington surrendered. This was the start of the seven years war
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    Seven Years War

    A war between the Colonists and the French that the Colonists won most of Frances land from and boosted their morale but lead to a large amount of debt
  • Peace of Paris

    A peace agreement between France and the Colonies giving them the Frenches land in the West Indies, Canada, and the land west of the Mississippi except New Orleans
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    In an attempt to prevent wars with Natives for economic reasons Britain set this law in place to keep colonists from expanding west of the Appalachian mountains
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Placed taxes on foreign sugar and luxury items as well as a companion law enforcing the navigation act and stopping the smuggling of sugar
  • Pontiac's Rebellion

    Pontiac's Rebellion

    Chief Pontiac led a rebellion against the colonies over them encroaching on their land
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    required colonists to provide food and living quarters to British soldiers stationed in the colonies
  • The Sons and Daughters of Liberty

    The Sons and Daughters of Liberty

    The revolt against the stamp act got more violent as some turned to violence or harassment of tax officials to repeal the stamp act
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    The first direct tax on the colonists that put a stamp on all paper documents in the colonies
  • Stamp Act Congress

    Stamp Act Congress

    Representatives of nine colonies met in New York to create the Stamp Act Congress so their own elected representatives had legal authority of the taxes
  • Stamp Act repealed

    Stamp Act repealed

    The stamp act was repealed after a new prime minister of Britain replaced Grenville
  • Declaratory Act

    This act was passed by Britain so parliament was asserted that they had the ability to tax the colonists what they wanted
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    A act enacting taxes on colonial imported goods such as tea,glass, and paper it also allowed a writ of assistance which are search warrants given to search private homes for smuggled goods.
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    Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania

    Letters written by John Dickinson that parliament could regulate commerce of the colonies but it would had to have approval of assembly including colonial representation to tax
  • Massachusetts Circular Letter

    Massachusetts Circular Letter

    James Otis and Samuel Adams wrote these essays urging colonists to petition parliament to repeal the Townshend acts. The British official in Boston ordered the letters retracted
  • Repeal of the Townshend Acts

    The act was repealed after the Kings Minister was changed and because it caused damage to trade and made little revenue
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    5 colonial citizens were killed in gunfire in Boston when British troops opened fire in the streets. the six soldiers were put to trial 4 were acquitted and the other two were charged with manslaughter
  • Gaspee

    Gaspee

    A British ship that was burned by colonists dressed as indians when it was ran aground in Rhode Island
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    The British gave the East Indian Company the ability to give tea to the colonists with a tax
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Colonists dressed as Mohawk Natives climbed aboard a British ship and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor
  • Quebec Act

    Expanded Quebec's boundaries in the Ohio River Valley and recognized Roman Catholicism as the official religion of Quebec
  • Coercive Acts

    The coercive Acts were four Acts passed in 1774 to punish the people of Boston and Massachusetts
    1.Port Act- closed the Boston port prohibiting trade
    2.Massachusetts Government Act- reduced Massachusetts governments power
    3. Administration of Justice Act-Allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in Britain
    4. Quartering Act- expansion of the act
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    All of the colonies except for Georgia sent delegates to a convention to respond to what the delegates viewed as Britain infringing on their liberties
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    General Thomas Gage a British commander of troops in Boston sent an army to seize military supplies in Concord. Paul Revere and William Dawes rode into Concord and warned them of the British. The British militia was forced to retreat leading to 250 casualties
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    This took place at a convention in Philadelphia after the fights breaking out in Massachusetts. The delegates were divided where mainly the New England area wanted Independence but the Midwest wanted to work things out with Britain. Congress adopted a declaration of the cause and necessities for taking up arms to provide troops building an army and navy
  • Bunker Hill

    Bunker Hill

    On the outskirts of Boston a colonial militia fortified Breeds Hill next to Bunker Hill. The British sent three waves of troops to try to take the fort. They succeeded in taking the fort but took a considerable amount of casualties compared to the colonists
  • Olive Branch Petition

    This was a petition the Continental Congress gave to the king to reconcile and plead their allegiance. The king rejected this petition
  • Prohibitory Act

    The British king declared the colonies in rebellion cutting trade and shipping between them and the colonies
  • Thomas Paine's Common Sense

    Thomas Paine's Common Sense

    Thomas Paine wrote the Common sense pamphlet argued against the king and that the colonists should be independent from Britain
  • Declaration of Independence

    A declaration mostly drafted by Jefferson that listed grievances with the king and basic human rights
  • Articles of Confederation

    A weak centralized government that put most of its powers in the state and had no ability to tax it was adopted in 1777
  • Treaty of Paris

    The peace treaty that ended the war
  • Virginia and New Jersey plan

    These two plans were plans made to create how representation was made in the new constitution. The Virginia plan favored larger states by making representation in the house of representatives by population where as the New Jersey plan favored small states by making representation equal. as a compromise the representation was by population but slaves counted as three fifths a freed person and the Senate would have two people each
  • Constitution

    The constitution was a new centralized government and was wanted by federalists and opposed by the anti federalists. this new government fixed all grievances with the articles like no taxation
  • Bill of Rights

    Needed by the antifederalists to agree to the constitution. this document protected rights from the new government and protected the people from what they thought was a corrupt government. Ten were ratified first in 1789
  • Jays Treaty

    A treaty written by John Jay and the British as a treaty to come to neutral terms with them. Jay returned with a treaty but many Americans were upset as it was not all of what they wanted
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    Period 4

  • Peaceful Passing of Power

    The peaceful passing of power to Jefferson one year after the victory in the election of 1800
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory from Napoleon ( France) for 15 million dollars almost doubling the size of the U.S
  • Marbury v. Madison

    Jefferson wanted to block the midnight appointments set by Adams so Madison did not send the commissions to Adams appointees. William Marbury sued Madison bringing it to the Supreme court in 1803. Madison argued that the Judiciary act which Marshall used to rule Marbury right was unconstitutional. This case set up Judicial Review
  • Lewis and Clark

    Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Territory making better maps and better relations with Indians
  • Embargo Act

    Created by Jefferson to restrict all foreign trade due to Britain's violation with the U.S ships
  • Nonintercourse Act

    Madison opened up trade to all foreign places except Britain and France try to relieve economic trade.
  • Macon's Bill

    Reopened trade with Britain helping the relationship
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    War of 1812

    A conflict between the U.S and Britain over continued violation of U.S neutral rights at sea and pressures on the Western Frontiers
  • Treaty of Ghent

    A peace treaty to end the war of 1812 made in Ghent Belgium. The treaty ordered all lands were given back to the prewar claimant and that the U.S - Canada boundary was recognized
  • Henry Clay American System

    A plan written by Henry Clay to improve Americas economy. This was done by creating protective tariffs, National bank, and improving internal infrastructure
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    Era of Good Feelings

    A time after the war of 1812 that was economically and socially good but ended during the panic of 1819
  • Panic of 1819

    A economic crisis brought on by the failure of the second national bank which caused a depression and widespread unemployment
  • Adam Onis Treaty

    A treaty between the U.S and Spain because Jackson invaded Florida . This conflict ended with the U.S buying Florida from Spain
  • Missouri Compromise

    A proposal made by Clay to fix the battle between the North and South over the integration of Missouri as a state. The agreement made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state but also made all states above the 30 36 line free.
  • Monroe Doctrine

    A list of demands made by the U.S to have no European intervention in North America.
  • Election of 1824

    Only four candidates all from the Democratic Republican party. Jackson won popularity but not electoral college. The election was decided by the House of Representatives. Quincy Adams won and Jackson supporters called it a corrupt Bargain.
  • Erie Canal Creation

    The Erie Canal was created so steam boats could travel further throughout the U.S because Industrialization made product shipping important.
  • Tariff of Abomination

    A tariff created by Jackson to protect the North East textile factories from Britain's cheap competition. This was detested by the south and the West later gaining the name Tariff of Abominations.
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    Nullification Crisis

    Jackson threatened military force after South Carolina attempted to nullify the Tariff of Abominations because of their disdain for it. This ended with a compromise tariff.
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    Age of Jackson

    The age when Jackson was president and many things changed during this time. The spoil system became very popular with Jackson giving supporters political jobs. He also changed how candidates get nominated with them being nominated through conventions not congressional congresses. Lastly the two party system flourished in this time as it was the Democrats vs the Whigs.
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    Native American Removal

    This Act which was enacted in 1830 and was a part of a long process of removing the Indians from their homes and relocating them west. The act was passed because Jackson was becoming impatient. In 1838 Natives were held at gunpoint and taken against their will to the west. This is known as the trail of Tears where as many as 4,000 people died.
  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    A enslaved preacher who organized a rebellion in Virginia that ended in the deaths of 55 White Men
  • Bank War

    A conflict between Jackson and supporters of the second U.S bank. Jackson vetoed the recharter of the bank and this helped him win the election of 1832.
  • Santa Anna

    The president of Mexico who abolished Mexico's federalist constitution in exchange for a centralized one alienating many Tejanos and Texans
  • Specie Circular

    A law passed by Jackson so all land had to be purchased by gold and silver instead of paper currency.
  • Sam Houston Revolts

    Sam Houston a Texan started a revolt claiming Texas to be an independent republic as well as making slavery legal again
  • Alamo

    An important battle in the Mexican American War. Takes place after the capture of Goliad. Mexican forces attack Alamo and kill all of its American Defenders
  • Texas Victory

    Texan forces surprise attack and Capture Mexican General Santa Anna and with the threat of death he signed a treaty that recognized Texas as a independent republic.
  • Panic of 1837

    A economic crisis brought on by the pet banks and specie Circular created by Jackson leading to a depression, increase in land prices, and unemployment
  • Denied Annexation

    Texas applied but was denied Annexation as a state in the United States by Jackson and Van Buren as well as the Senate rejecting John Tyler's attempts at Texas's annexation
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    Period Five

    Mexican American War to the Reconstruction of South post Civil War
  • Seneca Falls Convention

    A convention held in Seneca Falls NY. The convention was held by women to discuss gender equality in politics, economy, and society. The convention ended with the declaration of sentiments which was written similar to the Declaration of Independence and stated that "all men and women were created equal"