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American History Timeline

1st 9 Weeks:

1587: Roanoke Colony Established
1607: Jamestown Colony Established
1620: Plymouth Colony Established/Mayflower Compact Signed
1639: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
1754-1763: French and Indian War
1763: Treaty of Paris (End of French and Indian War)
1763: Proclamation of 1763
1764: Sugar Act
1765: Stamp Act
1765: Quartering Act
1765: Samuel Adams organizes Sons of Liberty
1766: Declaratory Act
1767: Townshend Acts
1767: Writs of Assistance
1767: Daughters of Liberty

2nd 9 Weeks:

1770: Boston Massacre
1773: Boston Tea Party
1774: Intolerable Acts
1774: First Continental Congress
1775: Battle of Lexington and Concord
1775: Second Continental Congress
1776: Declaration of Independence
1781: Cornwallis surrenders, ending Revolutionary War
1783: Treaty of Paris signed
May 1787-September 1787: Constitutional Convention

3rd 9 Weeks:

1787: U.S. Constitution signed
1789: Washington becomes President
1791: Bill of Rights Adopted
1793: Neutrality Proclamation
1794: Whiskey Rebellion
1796: John Adams elected President
1797: XYZ Affair
1798: Alien and Sedition Acts passed
1800: Thomas Jefferson elected President
1803: Marbury vs. Madison
1803: Louisiana Purchase
1804-1806: Lewis and Clark Exploration

4th 9 Weeks:

1808: James Madison elected President
1812: War of 1812
1814: Francis Scott Key writes the Star Spangled Banner
1814: Treaty of Ghent signed
1816: James Monroe elected President
1823: Monroe Doctrine

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