APUSH Dates Units 1-3

Columbus arrives in the Western Hemisphere

1492

Jamestown, VA Founded

1607

First African Slaves (originally indentured servants) arrive in colonies

1619

Bacon's Rebellion

1676

First Great Awakening

1739-1744

French & Indian War (Seven Years' War)

1756-1763

Proclamation Line Established

1763

Sugar Act & Stamp Act Controversies, Declaratory Act,Townshend Act

1764-1767

Boston Massacre

1770

Boston Tea Party

1773

First Continental Congress

1774

American Revolution Begins with Fighting at Lexington and Concord

1775

Declaration of Independence adopted by Second Continental Congress

July 4, 1776

Battle of Saratoga (France joins Colonists)

1777

Battle of Yorktown

1781

Peace of Paris 1783 (Ends the American Revolution)

1783

Shay's Rebellion & Constitutional Convention

1787

Constitution Ratified

1789

Whiskey Rebellion

1794-1795

Thomas Jefferson Elected "Revolution of 1800"

1800

Cotton Gin Invented

1793