Key Terms

  • 1607 - Jamestown
  • 1619 - First Slaves in Jamestown
  • 1619 - House of Burgesses 
  • 1620 - Mayflower Compact
  • 1662 - Halfway Covenant 
  • 1676 - Bacon’s Rebellion 
  • 1692 - Salem Witch Trials
  • 1754 - Albany Congress
  • 1754-1763 - French and Indian War
  • 1776 - Declaration of Independence
  • 1781 - Articles of Confederation
  • 1786 - Shay’s Rebellion 
  • 1798 - Alien and Sedition Acts
  • 1803 - Louisiana Purchase
  • 1812 - War of 1812
  • 1817-1825 - Era of Good Feelings
  • 1820 - Missouri Compromise
  • 1823 - Monroe Doctrine
  • 1824 - Corrupt Bargain
  • 1828 - Tariff of Abominations
  • 1848 - Seneca Falls Convention
  • 1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo 
  • 1849 - California Gold Rush 
  • 1850 - Compromise of 1850 
  • 1850 - Fugitive Slave Act 
  • 1854 - Kansas-Nebraska Act
  • 1854-1861 - Bleeding Kansas 
  • 1861-1865 - Civil War
  • 1865-1877 - Reconstruction
  • 1865-13th Amendment
  • 1877 - Compromise of 1877