APUSH Exams DATES Units 1-4

A.D. 1000

Norse voyagers discover and briefly settle in northeastern North America

1492

Columbus lands in the Bahamas

1494

Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal

1565

Iroquois Confederacy founded (according to Iroquois legend)

1588

England defeats Spanish Armada

1607

Virginia colony founded at Jamestown

1619

First Africans arrive in Jamestown; Virginia House of Burgesses established

1733

Georgia colony founded

1620

Pilgrims sail on the Mayflower to Plymouth

1630

Puritans found Massachusetts Bay Colony

1688-1689

Glorious Revolution “Bloodless Revolution” overthrows Stuarts and Dominion of New England

1619

First africans arrive in VA

1636

Harvard College founded

1662

Half-Way Covenant for Congregational church membership established

1676

Bacon’s Rebellion in VA

1680s

Mass expansion of slavery in colonies

1692

Salem witch trials in Massachusetts

1739

South Carolina slave revolt (Stone Rebellion)

1730’s and 1740’s

The First Great Awakening

1734

Johnathan Edwards begins Great Awakening

1734-1735

Wenger free-pre trial in New York

1738

George Whitefield spreads Great Awakening

1608

Champlain colonizes Quebec for France

1754

Washington battles French on frontier Albany Congress

1754-1763

French and Indian War (Seven Years’ War)

1763

Peace of Paris; Pontiac’s uprising; Proclamation of 1763

1650

First Navigation Laws to control colonial commerce

1763

French and Indian War (Seven Years’ War) ends

1764

Sugar Act

1765

Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Stamp Act Congress

1766

Declaratory Act

1767

Townshend Acts passed

1770

Boston Massacre; All Townshend Acts except tea tax repealed

1773

British East India Company granted tea monopoly ( Tea Act)

1774

“Intolerable Acts”, Quebec Act, First Continental Congress, The Association boycotts British goods

1775

Battles of Lexington and Concord, Second Continental Congress (April 19), Battle of Bunker Hill, King George III formally proclaims colonies in rebellion

1776

Paine’s Common Sense, Declaration of Independence

1777

Battle of Saratoga

1778

Formation of French-American alliance

1781

French and Americans force Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown

1783

Treaty of Paris

1777

Articles of confederation/ AOC

1781

AOC put into effect

1785

Land Ordinance of 1785

1786

Shays’s Rebellion

1787

Northwest Ordinance, Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

1788

Ratification by nine states (North Hampshire was the 9th state)

1789

Washington inauguration as president

1791

Bill of Rights adopted

Amendment 1

freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly petition of government

Amendment 2

right to bear arms, form a regulated militia

Amendment 3

no quartering of soldiers without homeowner consent

Amendment 4

protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures, police need a warrant

Amendment 5

right to a grand jury, prevents “double jeopardy", protects against self-incrimination

Amendment 6

right to a public and speedy trial in a criminal case, impartial jury

Amendment 7

protects citizens rights to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases

Amendment 8

no cruel or unusual punishments, no excessive bail or fines

Amendment 9

“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”/constitution laws

Amendment 10

any powers that are not specifically given to the federal government, nor withheld from the states, are reserved to those respective states, or to the people at large./ states and people