APUSH Period 3 Timeline 1754-1800

Albany Plan of Union

1754: Before French and Indian war, failed

French and Indian War/ 7 Years War

1754-1763, over Ohio River territory

Treaty of Paris, Proclamation Line

1763, ended salutary neglect

Pontiac’s Rebellion

1763-1766, against expansion

Sugar Act, Currency Act

1764

Stamp Act

1765, Stamp Act Congress to repeal, Sons of Liberty formed

Regulator Movement

1765-1771, conflict in North Carolina over taxation and government corruption

Declaratory Acts, Stamp + Sugar Acts repealed

1766

Townshend Acts

1767

Boston Massacre

1770

Somerset Decision

1772, banned slavery in England, boosted abolition

Boston Tea Party

1773, because British Dutch East India Tea has a monopoly

Intolerable Acts

1774, after Boston Tea Party

Quebec Act

1774, gave Catholic rights

1st Continental Congress

1774, caused by wanting to respond to Intolerable Acts, created a colonial front against the British (wanting colonial rights)

Battle of Lexington and Concord

1775

Battle of Bunker Hill

1775

2nd Continental Congress

1775

Olive Branch Petition

1775, last attempt at peace with the British

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

1776, shifted mindset from colonial rights to independence

Declaration of Independence

1776

Articles of Confederation

1777, drafted at the 2nd Continental Congress

Battle of Saratoga

1777, French ally with Americans (Treaty of Alliance)

Cornwallis surrenders New York

1781

Newburgh Conspiracy

1783

Annapolis Convention

1786, led by Alexander Hamilton, underlined weaknesses of Articles

Shay’s Rebellion

1786, weakened Articles of Confederation

Constitutional Convention

1787, Virginia and New Jersey Plan, Great (Connecticut) Compromise, 3/5 compromise, Northwest Ordinance

Federalist Papers

1787, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

George Washington inaugurated

1789, unanimously

Federal government assumes state debt as part of Hamilton’s Economic Plan

1790

Bill of Rights ratified

1791

First Bank of the U.S. and Hamilton tariffs

1791 to stabilize credit

Genět Citizen Affair

1793

Whiskey Rebellion

1793-1794, a revolt against excise taxes on whiskey in Western Pennsylvania

Neutrality Bill

1794

Battle of Fallen Timbers

1794, a decisive battle in the Northwest Indian War where American forces defeated Native Americans (Tecumseh)

Treaty of Greenville

1795, an agreement that ended the Northwest Indian War and established the boundary between Native American lands and American territory

Jay’s Treaty

1794 treaty between the United States and Great Britain that resolved issues remaining since the Treaty of Paris and facilitated ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations, kinda flopped

Pinckney’s Treaty

1795 agreement between the United States and Spain that established territorial boundaries and granted American ships free navigation of the Mississippi River

John Adams is elected

1796

Quasi War

1798-1800 undeclared naval conflict between the United States and France, primarily consisting of battles at sea.

XYZ Affair

1797-1798, diplomatic incident involving France and the United States, where French agents demanded bribes from American diplomats, leading to increased tensions.

Alien Sedition Acts

1798, a series of laws passed to restrict the rights of immigrants and limit freedom of speech against the government.

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

1798 Political statements made asserting that states had the right to nullify federal laws they deemed unconstitutional, in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts.

Treaty of Mortefontaine

Signed in 1800, it resolved tensions between the United States and France following the XYZ Affair, restoring peace and trade relations.