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Christopher Columbus lands in Hispaniola
1492
Treaty of Tordesillas
1494
Establishment of the Encomienda System
1512
Fall of Aztec Empire
1519-1521
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies is published by Bartolome De Las Casas
1552
Tobacco arrives in Europe from Americas
1555
Jamestown is settled (1st permanent English colony)
1607
First slave arrives in 13 Colonies (Virginia)
1619
Settlement of Plymouth and Mayflower Compact
1620
Navigation Acts
1660’s
King Philip’s War (aka Metacom’s War)
1675
Pueblo Revolt
1680
Salem Witch Trials
1692
First Great Awakening
1730’s-1740’s
Stono (Hutchinson’s) Rebellion
1739
Start of the French and Indian (aka Seven Years War)
1754
End of French and Indian War and Proclamation of 1763
1763
Stamp Act
1765
Boston Massacre
1770
Boston Tea Party
1773
Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
1774
Battle of Lexington and Concord
1775
Common Sense and Declaration of Independence
1776
End of the Revolution and Articles of Confederation Ratified
1781
Shay’s Rebellion
1786
Constitutional Convention and Northwest Ordinance
1787
US Constitution officially begins being used
1789
Washington’s Farewell Address
1796
Election of Thomas Jefferson
1800
Louisiana Purchase and Marbury vs. Madison
1803
Election of James Madison
1808
James Monroe Presidency and “Era of Good Feelings”
1816-1824
Missouri Compromise
1820
Monroe Doctrine
1823
Election of John Quincy Adams and the “Corrupt Bargain”
1824
Opening of the Erie Canal
1825
Andrew Jackson elected president
1828
Indian Removal Act
1830
William Lloyd Garrison publishes The Liberator
1831
Nullification Crisis
1832
Election of James K. Polk
1844
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is published
1845
Mexican American War
1846-1848
Seneca Falls Convention
1848
Mexican Cession and Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1848
Compromise of 1850
1850
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