Answers to Review Timeline
Colonial History
1607 – Jamestown
1619 – VA House of Burgesses & first African Slaves
1620 – Mayflower compact
1636 – Harvard
1639 – Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
1647 – Massachusetts Education Law
1649 – Maryland Act of Toleration
1676 – Bacon’s Rebellion
1735 – Zenger Trial
1754 – Beginning of the French and Indian War
1763 – Treaty of Paris
American Revolution
1763 - Treaty of Paris & Proclamation Line of 1763
1765 - Stamp Act
1767 - Townshend Duties
1770 - Boston Massacre
1773 - Boston Tea Party
1775 - Lexington and Concord
1776 - Declaration of Independence & Common Sense
1777 - Battle of Saratoga
1778 - Alliance with France
1781 - Surrender at Yorktown
1783 – Treaty of Paris
Confederation to Constitution
1781 - Articles of Confederation into effect
1783 - Treaty of Paris
1786 - Shays’ Rebellion
1787 - Northwest Ordinance & Constitutional Convention
1789 - Constitution into effect
1790 - Rhode Island, the last state of the original 13, ratifies
the constitution
1791 - Bill of Rights ratified
National Period
1789 - Constitution into effect
1793 - Proclamation of Neutrality
1797 - VA and KY Resolutions
1803 - Louisiana Purchase & Marbury v. Madison
1807 - Embargo
1812 - War of 1812
1814 - Treaty of Ghent
1820 - Missouri Compromise
1823 - Monroe Doctrine
1828 - Tariff of Abominations
1832 - Bank War & Election of Andrew Jackson
Sectionalism, Civil War and Reconstruction
1820 – MO Compromise
1832 – Tariff of 1832 and resulting Nullification crisis
1833 – Compromise of 1833
1846 – Wilmot Proviso
1849 – CA applies for statehood
1850 – Compromise of 1850
1852 – Uncle Tom’s Cabin
1854 – Ostend Manifesto and KS-NB Act
1857 – Dred Scott decision
1858 – Lincoln-Douglas debates
1859 – Harper’s Ferry
1860 – Election of Lincoln
1861 – Secession of south and Fort Sumter
1863 – Emancipation Proclamation
1865 – Surrender at Appomattox and assassination of
Lincoln
1867 – Impeachment of Johnson
1877 – Withdrawal of last troops from South
Intolerance and threats to Civil Liberties
1798 – Alien and Sedition Acts
1853 – Know Nothing Party (anti-immigrant/Catholic)
Civil War – suspension of habeas corpus
Reconstruction – black codes and KKK
End of 19th century – literacy tests, poll taxes, residence
requirements and Jim Crow laws
1919 – Red Scare
1920s – KKK, Sacco & Vanzetti trial, Immigration Act of
1924
WWII – internment of Japanese Americans
1950s – McCarthyism
Wars in American History
1754 – Beginning of French and Indian War
1763 – Treaty of Paris
1775 – Lexington and Concord begin the American
Revolution
1783 – Treaty of Paris
1812 – War of 1812
1814 – Treaty of Ghent
1846 – Outbreak of Mexican War
1848 – Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
1861 – Beginning of Civil War
1865 – Surrender at Appomattox Court House to end Civil
War
1898 – Spanish-American War and Treaty of Paris
1917 – US entry into WWI
1918 – Armistice to end WWI
1941 – Pearl harbor
1945 – End of WWII; start of cold war
1950 – Start of Korean War
1953 – Armistice to end Korean War
1954 – Beginning of US involvement in Vietnam
1973 – Paris Peace Accord
1991 – End of Cold War with collapse of Soviet Union AND
Persian Gulf War
Development of Political Parties
1792 – First split into parties – the Federalists and
Democratic-Republicans
1816 – Federalists die out, beginning of Era of Good
Feelings
1824 – Controversial election which led to split into
Democratic and Whig parties
1860 – First electoral victory of modern Republican Party
(formerly a 3rd party)
1936 – Democrats become a majority after FDR build a
coalition to overthrow a long Republican rule
1939 – Fair Labor Standards Act
Immigration
1882 – Chinese Exclusion Act
1907 – Gentleman’s Agreement with Japan
1917 – Literacy test
1924 – Immigration Act of 1924 establishes the first quota
system
1929 – Immigration Act of 1929 makes a national origins
quota system permanent
1952 – McCarron-Walter Act
1965 – Immigration Act makes national needs and family
priorities the “quota” rather than national origins
Business Enterprise in America
1791 – First Bank of the US
1816 – Clay’s American System, which included the first
protective tariff
1828 – Tariff of Abominations
1832 – Controversy over reestablishment of Bank of US
Civil War – Lincoln’s pro-business platform enacted by
Congress (no southerners in congress)
1877 – Munn v. Illinois
1886 – Wabash v. Illinois
1887 – Interstate Commerce Act
1890 – Sherman Anti-trust Act
1902 – Roosevelt’s intervention in anthracite coal strike
1903 – Elkins Act
1906 – Hepburn Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, and Meat
Inspection Act
1913 – Federal Reserve Act and Underwood Simmons Tariff
1914 – Clayton Anti-trust Act and Federal Trade
Commission
1930 – Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Agriculture in American History
1619 – First black indentured servants (slaves) arrived in
Jamestown
1793 – Cotton gin
1834 – McCormick reaper invented
1862 – Homestead Act, Morrill Act and establishment of
Bureau of Agriculture
1867 – National Grange
1877 – Munn v. Illinois
1878 – Bland-Allison Act
1886 – Wabash v. Illinois
1887 – Interstate Commerce Act
1890 – Sherman Silver Purchase Act
1892 – Populists organized
WWI – high point of farmers’ prosperity due to feeding
world during war
1920s – Falling sales after WWI after European agriculture
recovered resulting in depression
1933 – Agriculture Adjustment Act
1961 – Omnibus Farm Bill
Labor in American History
1869 – Knights of Labor organized
1886 – Haymarket Riot
1892 – Homestead Strike
1894 – Pullman Strike
1902 – Anthracite coal strike
1914 – Clayton Anti-Trust Act
1935 – Wagner Act and Social Security
1938 – Fair Labor Standards Act
1947 – Taft-Hartley Act
Chronological answers to the review timeline
1607 – Jamestown
1619 – First black indentured servants (slaves) arrived in Jamestown
1619 – VA House of Burgesses & first African Slaves
1620 – Mayflower compact
1636 – Harvard
1639 – Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
1647 – Massachusetts Education Law
1649 – Maryland Act of Toleration
1676 – Bacon’s Rebellion
1735 – Zenger Trial
1754 – Beginning of French and Indian War
1754 – Beginning of the French and Indian War
1763 – Treaty of Paris
1763 – Treaty of Paris
1763 - Treaty of Paris & Proclamation Line of 1763
1765 - Stamp Act
1767 - Townshend Duties
1770 - Boston Massacre
1773 - Boston Tea Party
1775 - Lexington and Concord
1775 – Lexington and Concord begin the American Revolution
1776 - Declaration of Independence & Common Sense
1777 - Battle of Saratoga
1778 - Alliance with France
1781 - Articles of Confederation into effect
1781 - Surrender at Yorktown
1783 - Treaty of Paris
1783 – Treaty of Paris
1783 – Treaty of Paris
1786 - Shays’ Rebellion
1787 - Northwest Ordinance & Constitutional Convention
1789 - Constitution into effect
1789 - Constitution into effect
1790 - Rhode Island, the last state of the original 13, ratifies the constitution
1791 - Bill of Rights ratified
1791 – First Bank of the US
1792 – First split into parties – the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
1793 – Cotton gin
1793 - Proclamation of Neutrality
1797 - VA and KY Resolutions
1798 – Alien and Sedition Acts
1803 - Louisiana Purchase & Marbury v. Madison
1807 - Embargo
1812 - War of 1812
1812 – War of 1812
1814 - Treaty of Ghent
1814 – Treaty of Ghent
1816 – Clay’s American System, which included the first protective tariff
1816 – Federalists die out, beginning of Era of Good Feelings
1820 - Missouri Compromise
1820 – MO Compromise
1823 - Monroe Doctrine
1824 – Controversial election which led to split into Democratic and Whig parties
1828 - Tariff of Abominations
1828 – Tariff of Abominations
1832 - Bank War & Election of Andrew Jackson
1832 – Controversy over reestablishment of Bank of US
1832 – Tariff of 1832 and resulting Nullification crisis
1833 – Compromise of 1833
1834 – McCormick reaper invented
1846 – Outbreak of Mexican War
1846 – Wilmot Proviso
1848 – Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
1849 – CA applies for statehood
1850 – Compromise of 1850
1852 – Uncle Tom’s Cabin
1853 – Know Nothing Party (anti-immigrant/Catholic)
1854 – Ostend Manifesto and KS-NB Act
1857 – Dred Scott decision
1858 – Lincoln-Douglas debates
1859 – Harper’s Ferry
1860 – Election of Lincoln
1860 – First electoral victory of modern Republican Party (formerly a 3rd party)
1861 – Beginning of Civil War
1861 – Secession of south and Fort Sumter
Civil War – Lincoln’s pro-business platform enacted by Congress (no southerners in congress)
Civil War – suspension of habeas corpus
1862 – Homestead Act, Morrill Act and establishment of Bureau of Agriculture
1863 – Emancipation Proclamation
1865 – Surrender at Appomattox and assassination of Lincoln
1865 – Surrender at Appomattox Court House to end Civil War
1867 – Impeachment of Johnson
Reconstruction – black codes and KKK
1867 – National Grange
1869 – Knights of Labor organized
1877 – Munn v. Illinois
1877 – Munn v. Illinois
1877 – Withdrawal of last troops from South
1878 – Bland-Allison Act
End of 19th century – literacy tests, poll taxes, residence requirements and Jim Crow laws
1882 – Chinese Exclusion Act
1886 – Haymarket Riot
1886 – Wabash v. Illinois
1886 – Wabash v. Illinois
1887 – Interstate Commerce Act
1887 – Interstate Commerce Act
1890 – Sherman Anti-trust Act
1890 – Sherman Silver Purchase Act
1892 – Homestead Strike
1892 – Populists organized
1894 – Pullman Strike
1898 – Spanish-American War and Treaty of Paris
1902 – Anthracite coal strike
1902 – Roosevelt’s intervention in anthracite coal strike
1903 – Elkins Act
1906 – Hepburn Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, and Meat Inspection Act
1907 – Gentleman’s Agreement with Japan
1913 – Federal Reserve Act and Underwood Simmons Tariff
1914 – Clayton Anti-Trust Act
1914 – Clayton Anti-trust Act and Federal Trade Commission
WWI – high point of farmer’s prosperity due to feeding world during war
1917 – Literacy test
1917 – US entry into WWI
1918 – Armistice to end WWI
1919 – Red Scare
1920s – Falling sales after WWI after European agriculture recovered resulting in depression
1920s – KKK, Sacco & Vanzetti trial, Immigration Act of 1924
1924 – Immigration Act of 1924 establishes the first quota system
1929 – Immigration Act of 1929 makes a national origins quota system permanent
1930 – Hawley-Smoot Tariff
1933 – Agriculture Adjustment Act
1935 – Wagner Act and Social Security
1936 – Democrats become a majority after FDR build a coalition to overthrow a long Republican rule
1938 – Fair Labor Standards Act
1939 – Fair Labor Standards Act
1941 – Pearl Harbor
WWII – internment of Japanese Americans
1945 – End of WWII; start of cold war
1947 – Taft-Hartley Act
1950 – Start of Korean War
1950s – McCarthyism
1952 – McCarron-Walter Act
1953 – Armistice to end Korean War
1954 – Beginning of US involvement in Vietnam
1961 – Omnibus Farm Bill
1965 – Immigration Act makes national needs and family priorities the “quota” rather than national origins
1973 – Paris Peace Accord
1991 – End of Cold War with collapse of Soviet Union AND Persian Gulf War