American History (through 1850)

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American History (through 1850)

• A Brief Timeline of Major Events

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Pre-1600

• A period of exploration and colonization. Native
  American culture comes into contact and conflict
  with European culture.

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1600-1650

• 1607 Establishment of Jamestown
• 1620 Plymouth Colony
• 1621 First Thanksgiving at Plymouth
• 1636 Providence Founded
• 1637 Pequot War
• 1638 Anne Hutchinson Banished (Ma. Bay)

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1650-1700

• 1673 The exploration of the Mississippi by
  Marquette and Joliet
• 1675-78 King Philips War
• 1683 William Penn and the Quakers found
  Pennsylvania
• 1688 Glorious Revolution
• 1689-1763 French and Indian Wars
• 1692 Salem Witchcraft Crisis

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1700-1750

• 1702-1713 Queen Annes War
• 1705 Virginia Black Code
• 1727 Benjamin Franklins Junto Club
• 1730-40 The Great Awakening
• 1731 First Circulating Library in U.S.
• 1732 Benjamin Franklin Begins Publishing Poor
  Richards Almanac

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1750-1800

• 1763 Patrick Henry Mutual Compact
• 1765 Stamp Act
• 1773 Boston Tea Party
• 1775-1783 War for Am. Independence
• 1776 Declaration of Independence
• 1787 U.S. Constitution
• 1791 Bill of Rights
• 1793 Fugitive Slave Act
• 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts

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1800-1850

• 1803 Marbury vs. Madison
• 1804 Lewis and Clark Expedition
• 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe
• 1812 War of 1812
• 1820 Missouri Compromise
• 1828 Noah Websters Dictionary
• 1836 Siege of the Alamo
• 1841 Brook Farm Institute
• 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
• 1850 Fugitive Slave Act

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Post-1850

• 1857 Dred Scott Decision
• 1861-1865 Civil War
• 1863 Emancipation Proclamation
• 1865 13th Amendment (Abolishes Slavery)
• 1920 19th Amendment (Womens Suffrage)