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Please enter any name or event, together with the dates
that we list on your timeline.
pp. 28–29
d
d indicates
that there is a corresponding figure for this
reference in your timeline figure packet that you can
place on your timeline.
d
indicates that this is simply a suggestion you may add
to your timeline, however it does not have a related
figure in the packet.
d
d
d
pp. 30–31
d
d
History/Geography
pp. 14–15
d
d
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d
d
pp. 16–17
pp. 22–25
Ponce de Leon claims Florida for Spain
(1513)
d Spanish Armada attacks England and
loses (1588)
d John Cabot claims North America for
England (1498)
d Jacques Cartier sails St. Lawrence
River, claims Canada for France
(1534–1542)
d Hernando de Soto explores the
Southeast and claims land for Spain
(1539–1542)
d Francisco de Coronado explores the
West (1540–1542)
d Henry Hudson discovers Hudson Bay
and claims land for the Dutch (1610)
d Joliet and Marquette sail the Mississippi and claim land for France (1673)
d
d
d
d
Roanoke colony founded (1587)
Jamestown founded (1607)
Canada founded (1534)
New Amsterdam (New York) founded
(1624)
French and Indian War (1756)
Franciscan friars arrive in the New
World (1524)
d Hernando De Soto (1496–1542)
locates Mississippi River
d Louisiana Purchase (1803)
d
Pilgrims found Plymouth (1620)
Pilgrims celebrate the first
Thanksgiving (1621)
Pequot War (1636–1637)
Rhode Island founded (1636)
Salem witch trials (1692)
English take New Netherland and
found New York and New Jersey
(1664)
Pennsylvania given to William Penn
via Charles II (1681)
Carolina divided into North and South
(1729)
King George II grants the colony of
Georgia to James Oglethorpe and
others (1732)
pp. 34–35
d
Phillis Wheatly (1753–1754) the first to
publish a book (1773)
pp. 36–37
d
d
French-Indian War (1754–1759)
Treaty of Paris ends French claims in
North America (1763)
pp. 38–41
d
Boston Massacre (1770)
pp. 42–43
d
First Continental Congress (1774)
Second Continental Congress meets
(1775)
Battles of Lexington and Concord
(1775)
Patriots capture Fort Ticonderoga
(1775)
Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)
d
d
d
pp. 26–27
Bartholomeu Dias sails around the
Cape of Good Hope (1488)
Columbus sails west from Spain
(1492), discovers America
Hernando Cortes conquers the Aztec
empire (1519–1521)
Francisco Pizarro conquers the Inca
empire (1532)
d
d
You will also find references to each figure and
suggestion in the corresponding Notes behind your
Schedule.
Children’s Encyclopedia of American History
d
d
d
d
pp. 44–45
d
d
pp. 46–47
d
d
British evacuate Boston (1776)
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Washington crosses Delaware River,
Christmas (1776)
Americans win Battle of Saratoga
(1777)
pp. 48–49
d
Siege of Yorktown; surrender of
Cornwallis (1781)
pp. 50–51
d
Articles of Confederation ratified
(1781)
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Land Ordinance (1785)
Northwest Ordinance (1787)
Shays’s Rebellion (1787)
d
d
d
d
pp. 52–53
Constitutional Convention (1787)
Constitution signed (1787)
d Federalist Papers (1788)
d Bill of Rights (1791)
d
d
pp. 54–55
d
d
pp. 58–59
d
d
George Washington elected president
(1789)
Alien and Sedition Acts passed (1798)
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Lewis and Clark Expedition
(1803-1806)
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pp. 60–61
d
James Madison elected president
(1808)
War of 1812 (1812–1815)
British burn Washington, D.C. (1814)
Battle of New Orleans (1815)
pp. 62–63
d
Missouri Compromise (1820)
pp. 64–65
d
Stanton and Mott spearhead first
organized women’s rights movement
(1848)
pp. 66–67
d
Indian Removal Act (1830)
Battle of the Alamo (1836)
Mormons head west (1846)
d
d
d
d
d
pp. 68–69
d
d
d
Mexican American War (1848)
California Gold Rush (1849)
California enters the Union (1850)
Pedro’s Journal
Aug. 3–Sept. 10
chap. 4
pp. 24–28
(first para.)
d
chap. 4
pp. 28–31
d
chap. 5
chap. 6
pp. 36–39
d
d
d
d
d
Pilgrims arrive on the Mayflower (1620)
d
d Mayflower Compact (1620)
d Harvard College founded (1636)
d
Squanto kidnapped by English sea
captain and sold into slavery in Spain
(1614)
d Squanto returns to America (1619)
d Squanto first helps the Pilgrims (1621)
d Pequot attack and retribution. More
than 500 Pequot die (1636)
d King Philip’s War (1675–1676)
chap. 2
pp. 11–15
d
George Fox, founder of Quakerism
(1624–1691)
d English Civil War (1642–1651)
d William Penn (1644–1718) establishes
Pennsylvania (1681)
chap. 2
pp. 16–17
d
British badly beaten in the Battle of
the Wilderness; George Washington
demonstrates special aptitude for
command (1755)
d Quakers lose control of Pennsylvania’s
government (1756)
d General Edward Braddock
(1695–1755) fights the French
chap. 3
pp. 18–21
(through third
para.)
d
chap. 3
pp. 21–23
d
d
James Oglethorpe, founds Georgia
(1732)
Georgia founded and first settlers
arrive (1732)
American Revolution (1775–1783)
d
chap. 8
pp. 52–55
(through fourth
para.)
d
chap. 9
pp. 58–61
(through sixth
para.)
d
chap. 9
pp. 61–65
chap. 10
pp. 66–69 (up to
the last para.)
New York becomes second-largest city
in British America (1771)
d French and Indian War (1754–1763)
d Christopher Columbus (1451–1506)
sails from Spain (1492)
First British Navigation Act is passed
(1651)
English conquer New Netherland
and give New Amsterdam the name
New York (1664)
British Navigation Acts require that
only British ships may bring goods
into American colonies, and they must
come from England (1696)
d
Virginian George Washington serves
as first president of the United States
(1789–1797)
John Adams of Massachusetts serves
as second president of the United
States (1797–1801)
Virginian Thomas Jefferson serves as
third president of the United States
(1801–1809)
Virginian James Madison serves as
fourth president of the United States
(1809–1817)
Virginian James Monroe serves as
fifth president of the United States
(1817–1825)
Massachusetts craftsmen begin building their own vessels for fishing and
commerce (1631)
Whaling industry flourishes in
Massachusetts (1680s–1860s)
Appalachian Mountains declared
western border of British North
American colonies (1763)
d “Sugar Act” (1764)
d “Stamp Act” (1765)
d Boston Massacre (1770)
d Boston Tea Party (16 December 1773)
d
“Intolerable Acts” (1774)
d
First Continental Congress
(September–October 1774)
Import boycott begins
(December 1774)
Paul Revere and William Dawes ride to
warn townspeople; Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 1775)
Second Continental Congress (May
1775–March 1781)
Second American Congress abolishes
British Naval Laws (April 1776)
d
d
d
d
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chap. 1
pp. 7–10
d
d
The Landmark History of the American
People, Volume 1
chap. 1 pp. 5–7
(through first full
para.)
First Dutch traders come to Manhattan
Island (1623)
d Dutch traders “buy” Manhattan from
Indian chiefs (1626)
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chap. 10
pp. 69–73
d
American colonies declare independence from Britain (July 1776)
d American Revolutionary War
(1775–1783)
chap. 11
pp. 74–76
(through fifth
para.)
d
chap. 11
pp. 78–81
(through first
para.)
d Declaration of Independence
d
(4 July 1776)
d
chap. 12
pp. 87–89
d
chap. 12
pp. 90–91
d
Constitution written (1787)
pt. 3 chap. 13
pp. 92–96
(through fifth
para.)
d
The seven “have” states contribute
their Western lands into a common
treasury for the benefit of all 13 states
(1781)
chap. 13
pp. 96–99
d
d
d
chap. 14
pp. 100–102
(up to the final
full para.)
d
chap. 14
pp. 102–105
d
chap. 16
pp. 114–118
(up to break)
d
d
Battles of Lexington and Concord
(19 April 1775)
chap. 11
pp. 81–83
chap. 15
pp. 106–110
(up to break)
chap. 16
pp. 118–121
British General Howe wins the
Battle of Long Island and asks for an
American surrender. Americans refuse
(August 1776)
chap. 17
pp. 122–125
d
pt. 4 chap. 18
pp. 126–130
(finish para.)
d
chap. 18
pp. 130–133
d Eli Whitney (1765–1825) invents the
chap. 19
pp. 134–136
d
Every Man his own Doctor: or, the Poor
Planter’s Physician is first published
by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia
(1734)
chap. 19
pp. 137–139
d
Dr. William Beaumont publishes
Experiments and Observations on the
Gastric Juice and the Physiology of
Digestion (1833)
chap. 20
pp. 140–145
(finish para. top
of p. 145)
d
chap. 20
pp. 145–147
d
Shays’ Rebellion (August 1786–
June 1787)
Constitutional Convention discusses
“what shall be done” (Summer 1787)
The Northwest Ordinance sets out
terms by which residents of the Western lands could form new states and
join the Union (1787)
The first four Western states
are formed and join the Union
(1791–1803)
European Americans begin to
settle between the Appalachian
Mountains and the Mississippi River
(1790s–1800s)
d
French explorer LaSalle claims the
entire Mississippi Watershed for
France and names it Louisiana (1681)
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
d
Erie Canal created (1817–1825)
d
More than one million Irish immigrate
to the United States. They make up
nearly half of all immigrants from
Europe during this time (1847–1860)
d Irish Potato Famine (1845–1850)
d
d
The word “businessman” begins to
mean someone who is promoting a
town (1830)
The Astor House in New York City
becomes one of the first buildings in
America to add plumbing to its upper
floors (1836)
The Eastern Exchange Hotel in Boston
becomes the first public building in
America heated by steam (1846)
The Democratic Party “Tammany Hall”
political machine runs New York City
(1854–1934)
Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City
becomes one of the first buildings in
America to install a passenger elevator
(1859)
New England factories produce thousands of nails an hour (1830)
d Balloon frame house construction
begins (1832)
d Thousands of prefabricated wooden
houses are shipped from New York
and China to San Francisco for California ’49ers (1849–1850)
cotton gin (1793) and interchangeable
parts for the gun (1801)
Council Grove (in what is now Kansas)
is first used as a gathering spot for a
trader’s caravan to Santa Fe, NM (1831)
d Santa Fe Trail (1821–1880)
d Independence, Missouri, became
a gathering spot for wagon trains
headed west (1838)
d
chap. 21
pp. 148–151
(through second
para.)
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)
d
California Gold Rush turns a relative
trickle of westward emigrants into a
flood (1849)
The Prairie Traveler, A Hand-Book for
Overland Expeditions published (1859)
Robert Fulton runs a commercially
viable steamship service between
New York City and Albany, New York.
The 150-mile trip takes 32 hours
(1807)
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chap. 21
pp. 151–154
(to break)
d
chap. 21
pp. 154–157
d
chap. 22
pp. 158–162
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
chap. 22
pp. 162–165
d
The 10-minute lunch break established on American railroad lines
(1839)
Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
Printed “tickets” of political candidates
are first created (1830)
Conventions first held by all the major
parties (1832)
Virginia becomes the last state to
abolish the property ownership requirement for a person to vote (1851)
Black men first permitted to vote in
national elections (1870)
Women are first permitted to vote in
national elections (1920)
First presidential election in which
candidates in both parties seek to appeal to the common person through
slogans, rallies and emotion rather
than earnest arguments or, even,
truthful claims (1840)
William Henry Harrison (1773–1841)
elected President (1840)
The Sign of the Beaver
chaps. 1–2
d
Matt’s family moves to Maine (1768)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
chap. 1
d
d
Pilgrims arrive in America (1620)
Kit arrives in Saybrook (1687)
Walk the World’s Rim
Preface & chap. 1
chaps. 12–13
d
Franciscan friars sail from Cuba to
Florida, hoping to convert Indians
(1527)
d Esteban’s wanderings (1528–1536)
Regular Readers
Meet George Washington
chaps. 3–5
chaps. 14–18
d
George Washington (1732–1799)
d Constitution ratified (1787)
Meet Thomas Jefferson
chaps. 1–4
d Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
d
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
d
Horses come to America (early 1500s)
Om-kas-toe
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
chap. 1
chaps. 3–4
pp. 13–20
(mid-page)
d Lewis and Clark Expedition
(1803–1806)
d Sacagawea (1787?–1812)
Read–Alouds
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
chaps. 1–2
d Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838)
chaps. 7–8
d
d
George Washington’s presidency
(1789–1797)
Isaac Newton (1642–1727) writes
Principia (1687)
Pocahontas and the Strangers
chap. 1
d Pocahontas (1595?–1617)
d
Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman
pp. 8–20
d Robert Fulton (1765–1815) invents
steamship (1807)
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims
“Plymouth”
d Squanto (died 1622)
d
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
chaps. 1–2
chaps. 17–18
d Justin Morgan (1748–1798)
d
James Monroe, 5th U.S. president
(1817–1825)
d
Andrew Jackson, U.S. President
(1829–1837)
Jamestown, Virginia established (1607)
Mayflower Pilgrims land in Plymouth
(1620)
The Matchlock Gun
chap. 1
d
French and Indian War (1754–1763)
Swift Rivers
chap. V
pp. 162–178
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d
The British Stourbridge Lion becomes
the first steam-powered locomotive to
run on American rails (1829)
John Bloomfield Jervis creates the
American locomotive (1832)
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Advanced Readers
Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia
chap. 1
chaps. 13–18
d
George Washington (1732–1799)
d Constitution ratified (1787)
Meet Thomas Jefferson
chaps. 1–5
d Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
d
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Mr. Revere and I
chap. 5
d Paul Revere (1735–1818)
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Naya Nuki
chap. 1
d
Naya Nuki captured 1801
Sacajawea (1787?–1812)
d
Horses come to America (early 1500s)
d
Om-kas-toe
chap. 1
Pocahontas and the Strangers
chaps. 1–2
d Pocahontas (1595?–1617)
d
Jamestown, Virginia established (1607)
Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman
pp. 9–20
“Plymouth”
d Squanto (died 1622)
d
d Ben Franklin (1706–1790)
Meet George Washington
chaps. 5–8
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims
Mayflower Pilgrims land in Plymouth
(1620)
The Cabin Faced West
chap. 1
d
Ann arrives on the frontier in
Pennsylvania (1784)
chap. 8 (and
postscript)
d
Washington stays at Ann’s house
(1784)
The Matchlock Gun
chaps. 1–2
d
French and Indian War (1754–1763)
The Story of Eli Whitney
pp. 17–33
d
American Revolutionary War
(1775–1783)
pp. 34–49
d
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
(1793)
pp. 99–117
d
Eli builds guns from interchangeable
parts and thus heralds the age of mass
production (1801)
pp. 151–170
d
Napoleon sells the Louisiana Territory
(1803)
The Thanksgiving Story
“Two Ships and
a Big Adventure”
thru “The New
Land”
d
First American Thanksgiving (1621)
d Robert Fulton (1765–1815) invents
steamship (1807)
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