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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| new world beginnings 1491-1607 | period 1 |
| roanoke 1587 | lost colony |
| colonization and settlement 1607-1754 | period 2 |
| mayflower compact 1620 | first self government document |
| jamestown 1607 | first colony |
| plymouth 1620, massachussetts bay 1630 | first puritan colonies |
| georgia 1732 | last colony founded |
| navigation acts 1650s | laws by england that restricted colonies' trade and they smuggled around |
| new england confederation 1643 | first colonial unification |
| act of toleration 1649 | protected rights of all christians in maryland |
| king phillips war 1675 | metacom's confederacy vs new england colonists |
| bacons rebellion 1676 | first armed confrontation between settlers and british authority |
| salem witch trials 1692 | established innocent until proven guilty, cautioned against hysteria |
| great awakening 1730s-1740s | movement toward personal piety and emotional devotion |
| enlightenment 1750s | shift towards rationalist and empiricism |
| revolution and republic 1754-1800 | period 3 |
| french and indian war 1754-1763 | established british dominance in north american and caused britain to tax colonies |
| proclamation of 1763 | said the colonists couldnt go west after the french and indian war |
| albany congress 1754 | benjamin franklin proposed unification |
| sugar act 1764 | marked end of salutory neglect |
| quartering act and stamp act 1765 | fueled no taxation without representation protests |
| stamp act congress 1765 | first unified action of the colonies |
| townshend acts 1767 | acts after rebellion against taxation without representation, led to boston tea party |
| boston massacre 1770 | british soldiers shot colonists |
| boston tea party 1773 | led to intolerable acts |
| intolerable acts 1774 | response to boston tea party, led to first continental congress, united the colonies against british |
| first continental congress 1774 | response to intolerable acts, major colonial unification |
| common sense 1776 | pamphlet by thomas paine |
| declaration of independence 1776 | formal document announcing the thirteen American colonies' separation from Great Britain |
| lexington and concord 1775 | first battle of the revolution |
| bunker hill 1775 | battle that boosted american moral and comfirmed the revolution was a war |
| second continental congress 1775 | de facto national government during the revolution that established continental army and managed war efforts |
| olive branch petition 1775 | final attempt to avoid revolutionary war |
| saratoga 1777 | first major british surrender, led to securing french support |
| articles of confederation 1781 | first constitution of the us |
| yorktown 1781 | final battle of the revolutionary war |
| treaty of paris 1783 | recognized american independence, established the boundaries of the us, secured americans fishing rights off canada, ensured restoration of property to loyalists, allowed creditors to recover debts |
| neutrality proclamation 1793 | the us would remain friendly with both britain and france |
| Haiti 1804 | first independent Black republic |
| constitutional convention 1787 | meeting to revise the Articles |
| northwest ordinance 1787 | established path to statehood, prohibited slavery, supported education in the northwest territory |
| virginia plan 1787 | proposed bicameral legislature, population proportional representation, strong federal government |
| new jersey plan 1787 | proposed unicameral legislature, equal representation for each state, sought to amend rather than replace articles of confederation |
| 3/5 compromise 1787 | three-fifths of the enslaved population would be counted for both representation in the House of Representatives and direct taxation |
| connecticut/great compromise 1787 | established bicameral legistlature with House of Representatives and Senate |
| shays rebellion 1786-1787 | exposed weaknesses of Articles |
| annapolis convention 1785 | led to constitutional convention |
| ratification of the Constitution 1788 | Articles of Confederation officially replaced |
| washington elected 1788 | first election |
| judiciary act 1789 | established federal court system |
| bill of rights 1791 | secured individual freedoms, ratification of the constitution, addressed anti federalist concerns |
| national bank 1791 | first central banking institution |
| washington presidency 1789-1796 | established precedents of cabinet, veto, and two term limit |
| cotton gin 1793 | led to king cotton and expansion of slavery |
| jays treaty 1794 | prevented restarting of war with britain but angered anti federalists for being too lenient with the british |
| whiskey rebellion 1794 | demonstration of federal power under the constitution unlike shays rebellion |
| pinckney treaty 1795 | resolved territorial disputes between spain and us, gave us right of deposit in new orleans |
| adams elected 1796 | first election with parties/first contested election |
| alien and sedition acts 1798 | allowed deportation and banned criticism of government in preparation of war with france |
| kentucky and virginia resolutions 1798 | response to alien and sedition acts with doctrine of nullification |
| federalist era 1788-1800 | early dominance of federalists |