APUSH Timeline Review

Flashcards to review key events and periods in APUSH history.

In **** Columbus arrived in the New World.

1492

In ****, Sir Walter Raleigh sponsored **** Island, which ended up disappearing (aka Lost Colony).

1587

**** marked the beginning of permanent English settlement in North America.

1607

The **** Act granted religious freedom to Christians in Maryland.

1649

The **** Revolution led to the overthrow of James II.

1688

The **** Years’ War was fought between the British and the French.

1754-1763

The **** of 1763 forbade colonial settlement past the Appalachian Mountains.

1763

The **** Act taxed goods produced within the colonies, leading to boycotts.

1765

The **** Massacre was a propaganda campaign that suggested British soldiers shot into a crowd of innocent bystanders.

1770

The Declaration of **** articulated the principle of individual liberty.

1776

The **** of Confederation was the first national constitution of the United States.

1777

The Battle of **** marked the END of the American Revolutionary War.

1781

The **** Compromise involved HOR (representation according to population) & Senate (2 per state).

1787

In 1791, the **** was added to the Constitution.

1791

The **** Purchase occurred.

1803

The **** Doctrine is a policy of mutual non-interference and America's right to intervene in its own hemisphere.

1823

Jackson's treatment of the Cherokees with the **** Removal Act is one of the most criticized policies by modern scholars.

1830

Americans believed in God-given right to western territories during ****.

1845

The first women's rights convention was the **** Falls Convention.

1848

****’s Cabin was published.

1852

The **** Proclamation was issued.

1863

Military **** ended in the South with the Compromise of 1877.

1877

The **** Antitrust Act was passed.

1890

Americans drove Spanish out of Cuba & Philippines in **** American War.

1898

The Roosevelt **** was used to justify repeated military intervention in Latin America.

1904

The League of **** did not pass in Congress because Wilson was unwilling to compromise.

1920

The **** Market Crash marked the beginning of the Great Depression.

1929

The **** Doctrine involved financial support of anti-Communist nations.

1947

The **** Missile Crisis brought the US and Soviet Union closest to military confrontation.

1962

The **** Rights Act outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, or gender

1964

Major turning point in Vietnam War and that made the American public believe they were being lied to and the war was not winnable was ****.

1968

Nixon resigned in August 1974 instead of facing **** proceedings.

1974

**** = North American Free Trade Agreement.

1994

The Great **** started.

2008